John 8

The Woman Caught in Adultery

1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 b Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and c he sat down and taught them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. 5 Now d in the Law Moses commanded us e to stone such women. So what do you say?" 6 This they said f to test him, g that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. 7 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, h "Let him who is without sin among you i be the first to throw a stone at her." 8 And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9 But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10 Jesus stood up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" 11 She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, j "Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on k sin no more."]]

I Am the Light of the World

12 l Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, m "I am the light of the world. Whoever n follows me will not o walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." 13 So the Pharisees said to him, p "You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true." 14 Jesus answered, "Even if I do bear witness about myself, q my testimony is true, for I know r where I came from and s where I am going, but t you do not know where I come from or where I am going. 15 u You judge according to the flesh; v I judge no one. 16 Yet even if I do judge, w my judgment is true, for x it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father 1 who sent me. 17 y In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true. 18 I am the one who bears witness about myself, and z the Father who sent me bears witness about me." 19 They said to him therefore, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, a "You know neither me nor my Father. b If you knew me, you would know my Father also." 20 These words he spoke in c the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but d no one arrested him, because e his hour had not yet come.

21 So he said to them again, f "I am going away, and g you will seek me, and h you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come." 22 So the Jews said, i "Will he kill himself, since he says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come'?" 23 He said to them, j "You are from below; I am from above. k You are of this world; l I am not of this world. 24 I told you that you m would die in your sins, for n unless you believe that o I am he you will die in your sins." 25 So they said to him, p "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. 26 I have much to say about you and much to judge, but q he who sent me is true, and I declare r to the world s what I have heard from him." 27 They did not understand that t he had been speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said to them, "When you have u lifted up the Son of Man, v then you will know that w I am he, and that x I do nothing on my own authority, but y speak just as the Father taught me. 29 And z he who sent me is with me. z He has not left me alone, for a I always do the things that are pleasing to him." 30 As he was saying these things, b many believed in him.

The Truth Will Set You Free

31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, c "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will d know the truth, and the truth e will set you free." 33 They answered him, f "We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, 'You will become free'?"

34 Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, g everyone who commits sin is a slave 2 to sin. 35 h The slave does not remain in the house forever; i the son remains forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet j you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. 38 k I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard l from your father."

You Are of Your Father the Devil

39 They answered him, m "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, n "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, 40 but now o you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth p that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are doing the works your father did." They said to him, q "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have r one Father - even God." 42 Jesus said to them, s "If God were your Father, you would love me, for t I came from God and u I am here. v I came not of my own accord, but w he sent me. 43 x Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot y bear to hear my word. 44 z You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. a He was a murderer from the beginning, and b has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. c When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 d Whoever is of God hears the words of God. e The reason why you do not hear them is that f you are not of God."

Before Abraham Was, I Am

48 The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and g have a demon?" 49 Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon, but h I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. 50 Yet i I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. 51 Truly, truly, j I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never k see death." 52 The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! l Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet m you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never n taste death.' 53 o Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?" 54 Jesus answered, p "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. q It is my Father who glorifies me, r of whom you say, 'He is our God.' 3 55 But s you have not known him. t I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be u a liar v like you, but I do know him and I keep his word. 56 w Your father Abraham x rejoiced y that he would see my day. z He saw it and was glad." 57 So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?" 4 58 Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, a I am." 59 So b they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

  1. Cross References
    Luke 21:38
    And early in the morning all the people came to him in the temple to hear him.
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 5:1
    Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.
    Luke 4:20
    And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 20:10
    If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
    Deuteronomy 22:22
    If a man is found lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.
  4. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 22:24
    Then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor's wife. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
    Ezekiel 16:38
    And I will judge you as women who commit adultery and shed blood are judged, and bring upon you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
    Ezekiel 16:40
    They shall bring up a crowd against you, and they shall stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 16:1
    And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to te...
    Matthew 19:3
    And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by ...
    Matthew 22:18
    But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why pu...
    Matthew 22:35
    And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question...
    Mark 8:11
    The Pharisees came and began to argue with him,...
    Mark 10:2
    And Pharisees came up and in order to test him ...
    Mark 12:15
    But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, ...
    Luke 10:25
    And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the...
    Luke 11:16
    While others, to test him, kept seeking from hi...
  6. Cross References
    Luke 11:54
    Lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.
  7. Cross References
    Romans 2:1
    Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.
    Romans 2:22
    You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
  8. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 17:7
    The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
  9. Cross References
    John 8:15
    You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
    John 3:17
    For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
    Luke 12:14
    But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?
  10. Cross References
    John 5:14
    Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.
  11. Cross References
    John 7:37 - 38
    On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 36:9
    For with you is the fountain of life; in your l...
    Isaiah 42:6
    I am the Lord ; I have called you in righteousn...
    Isaiah 49:6
    He says: "It is too light a thing that you shou...
    Malachi 4:2
    But for you who fear my name, the sun of righte...
    John 1:4
    In him was life, and the life was the light of ...
    John 1:9
    The true light, which enlightens everyone, was ...
  13. Cross References
    John 12:26
    If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
    John 21:19
    (This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, "Follow me.
  14. Cross References
    John 12:35
    So Jesus said to them, "The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
  15. Cross References
    John 5:31
    If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not deemed true.
  16. Cross References
    Revelation 3:14
    And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.
  17. Cross References
    John 13:3
    Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God.
    John 16:28
    I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.
  18. Cross References
    John 8:21
    So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.
    John 7:33
    Jesus then said, "I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.
  19. Cross References
    John 7:28
    So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, "You know me, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is true, and him you do not know.
    John 9:29
    We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.
  20. Cross References
    John 7:24
    Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.
    1 Samuel 16:7
    But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.
    Job 10:4
    Have you eyes of flesh? Do you see as man sees?
  21. Cross References
    John 12:47
    If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
    John 8:11
    She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more." ]]
  22. Cross References
    John 5:30
    I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
  23. Cross References
    John 8:29
    And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.
    John 16:32
    Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
  24. Cross References
    Numbers 35:30
    If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.
  25. Cross References
    John 5:37
    And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen.
  26. Cross References
    John 8:55
    But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.
    John 16:3
    And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  27. Cross References
    John 14:7
    If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.
  28. Cross References
    Matthew 27:6
    But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money.
  29. Cross References
    John 7:30
    So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
  30. Cross References
    John 7:8
    You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.
  31. Cross References
    John 14:28
    You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
    John 14:2 - 3
    In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
    John 16:7
    Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
  32. Cross References
    John 7:34
    You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.
  33. Cross References
    John 8:24
    I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.
    Ezekiel 3:18
    If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
    Ezekiel 33:8
    If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
  34. Cross References
    John 7:35
    The Jews said to one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
  35. Cross References
    John 8:44
    You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
    John 3:31
    He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all.
  36. Cross References
    1 John 4:5
    They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.
  37. Cross References
    John 17:14
    I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
    John 17:16
    They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
  38. Cross References
    John 8:21
    So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.
  39. Cross References
    John 16:9
    Concerning sin, because they do not believe in me.
  40. Cross References
    Mark 13:6
    Many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!' and they will lead many astray.
    Luke 21:8
    And he said, "See that you are not led astray. For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!' and, 'The time is at hand!' Do not go after them.
  41. Cross References
    John 1:19
    And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?
  42. Cross References
    John 3:33
    Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true.
    John 7:28
    So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, "You know me, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is true, and him you do not know.
    Romans 3:4
    By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, "That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.
  43. Cross References
    John 18:20
    Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret.
  44. Cross References
    John 8:40
    But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
    John 15:15
    No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
    John 3:32
    He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
    Revelation 1:1
    The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John.
  45. Cross References
    John 8:18
    I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.
    John 8:26
    I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.
  46. Cross References
    John 3:14
    And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up.
    John 12:32
    And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.
    John 12:34
    So the crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?
  47. Cross References
    John 16:8 - 11
    And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
  48. Cross References
    John 8:24
    I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.
  49. Cross References
    John 5:30
    I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
  50. Cross References
    John 7:16
    So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
  51. Cross References
    John 8:16
    Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.
    John 16:32
    Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
    Acts 10:38
    How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
    John 10:38
    But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.
  52. Cross References
    John 8:16
    Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.
    John 16:32
    Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
    Acts 10:38
    How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
    John 10:38
    But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.
  53. Cross References
    John 4:34
    Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
    John 5:30
    I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
    John 6:38
    For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.
    1 John 3:22
    And whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
  54. Cross References
    John 7:31
    Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, "When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?
  55. Cross References
    John 15:7 - 8
    If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
    2 John 1:9
    Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
  56. Cross References
    2 John 1:1
    The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth.
  57. Cross References
    John 8:36
    So if the Son sets you free, you will be free i...
    Romans 6:18
    And, having been set free from sin, have become...
    Romans 6:22
    But now that you have been set free from sin an...
    Romans 8:2
    For the law of the Spirit of life has set you f...
    1 Corinthians 7:22
    For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is...
    2 Corinthians 3:17
    Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spiri...
    Galatians 5:1
    For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm ...
    Galatians 5:13
    For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only ...
    James 1:25
    But the one who looks into the perfect law, the...
    James 2:12
    So speak and so act as those who are to be judg...
    1 Peter 2:16
    Live as people who are free, not using your fre...
  58. Cross References
    John 8:37
    I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.
    John 8:39
    They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did.
    Matthew 3:9
    And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
    Luke 19:9
    And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.
    Romans 9:7
    And not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.
  59. Cross References
    Romans 6:16 - 20
    Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
    Titus 3:3
    For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
    2 Peter 2:19
    They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.
  60. Cross References
    Genesis 21:10
    So she said to Abraham, "Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.
    Galatians 4:30
    But what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.
  61. Cross References
    Luke 15:31
    And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
  62. Cross References
    John 8:40
    But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
    John 7:1
    After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.
  63. Cross References
    John 3:32
    He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
    John 5:19
    So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.
    John 6:46
    Not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father.
  64. Cross References
    John 8:41
    You are doing the works your father did." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father - even God.
    John 8:44
    You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
  65. Cross References
    John 8:33
    They answered him, "We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, 'You will become free'?
    John 8:56
    Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.
  66. Cross References
    Galatians 3:7
    Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham.
    Galatians 3:9
    So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
  67. Cross References
    John 8:37
    I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.
  68. Cross References
    John 8:26
    I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.
  69. Cross References
    Hosea 2:4
    Upon her children also I will have no mercy, because they are children of whoredom.
  70. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:6
    Do you thus repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?
    Isaiah 63:16
    For you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O Lord, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.
    Isaiah 64:8
    But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
    John 8:47
    Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.
  71. Cross References
    1 John 5:1
    Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
  72. Cross References
    1 John 5:20
    And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
    Hebrews 10:9
    Then he added, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He does away with the first in order to establish the second.
  73. Cross References
    John 16:28
    I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.
    John 17:8
    For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.
  74. Cross References
    John 7:28
    So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, "You know me, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is true, and him you do not know.
  75. Cross References
    John 3:17
    For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
  76. Cross References
    John 7:17
    If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.
  77. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:10
    To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot listen; behold, the word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn; they take no pleasure in it.
    1 Corinthians 2:14
    The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
  78. Cross References
    1 John 3:8
    Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
    1 John 3:12
    We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
    John 8:23
    He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
    Matthew 13:38
    The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one.
  79. Cross References
    Genesis 4:8 - 9
    Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
    1 John 3:12
    We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
    1 John 3:15
    Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
    Romans 5:12
    Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned -
  80. Cross References
    1 John 2:4
    Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
  81. Cross References
    Genesis 3:4
    But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.
    2 Corinthians 11:3
    But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
    Revelation 12:9
    And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world - he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
  82. Cross References
    John 18:37
    Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world - to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.
    1 John 4:6
    We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
  83. Cross References
    John 10:26
    But you do not believe because you are not part of my flock.
  84. Cross References
    John 8:41
    You are doing the works your father did." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father - even God.
  85. Cross References
    John 7:20
    The crowd answered, "You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?
  86. Cross References
    John 5:23
    That all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
    John 7:18
    The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.
  87. Cross References
    John 8:54
    Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, 'He is our God.
    John 5:41
    I do not receive glory from people.
  88. Cross References
    John 5:24
    Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
    John 11:26
    And everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?
  89. Cross References
    Luke 2:26
    And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
  90. Cross References
    Zechariah 1:5
    Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
  91. Cross References
    John 8:51
    Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.
  92. Cross References
    Matthew 16:28
    Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.
    Hebrews 2:9
    But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
  93. Cross References
    John 4:12
    Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.
  94. Cross References
    John 8:50
    Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge.
  95. Cross References
    John 13:32
    If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once.
    John 17:1
    When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you.
    Acts 3:13
    The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.
    Hebrews 5:5
    So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you".
    2 Peter 1:17
    For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
  96. Cross References
    John 8:41
    You are doing the works your father did." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father - even God.
  97. Cross References
    John 8:19
    They said to him therefore, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.
    John 7:28
    So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, "You know me, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is true, and him you do not know.
  98. Cross References
    John 7:29
    I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me.
    Matthew 11:27
    All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
  99. Cross References
    1 John 1:6
    If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
  100. Cross References
    John 8:44
    You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
  101. Cross References
    John 8:39
    They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did.
  102. Cross References
    Matthew 13:17
    For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
  103. Cross References
    Luke 17:22
    And he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
  104. Cross References
    Hebrews 11:13
    These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
  105. Cross References
    Exodus 3:14
    God said to Moses, " I am who I am." And he said, "Say this to the people of Israel, ' I am has sent me to you.'
  106. Cross References
    John 10:31
    The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.
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