1 ^8:12THEN Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life. ^8:13Then the Pharisees said to him, You testify of yourself; your testimony is not true. ^8:14Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I testify of myself, my testimony is true, for I know whence I came and whither I go; but you know not whence I come or whither I go. ^8:15You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one; ^8:16and even if I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me. ^8:17And it is written also in your law, that the testimony of two men is true; ^8:18I am one, testifying of myself, and the Father who sent me testifies of me. ^8:19Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You have neither known me nor my Father; if you had known me you would also have known my Father. ^8:20These words he said in the treasury, teaching in the temple; and no one took him by force, for his hour had not yet come.

2 ^8:21Then Jesus said to them again, I go away, and you shall seek me and die in your sin; where I go, you cannot come. ^8:22Then the Jews said, Will he kill himself, that he says, Where I go you cannot come? ^8:23And he said to them, You are from below; I am from above; you are from this world; I am not from this world. ^8:24Therefore I said to you, You shall die in your sins; for if you believe not that I am [the Christ], you shall die in your sins. ^8:25Then they said to him, Who are you? And Jesus said to them, What at the beginning, and what I tell you [now]. ^8:26I have many things to say and judge of you; but he that sent me is true; and what I have heard from him, these things I speak in the world. ^8:27They understood not that he spoke to them of the Father. ^8:28Then Jesus said to them, When you shall lift up the Son of man, then shall you know that I am [the Christ]; and I do nothing of myself; but I speak these things as the Father has taught me; ^8:29and he having sent me is with me, he has not left me alone, for I always do the things which please him.

3 ^8:30When he said these things many believed on him. ^8:31Then Jesus said to the Jews who believed on him, If you continue in my word, you are my disciples indeed; ^8:32and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. ^8:33They answered him, We are children of Abraham, and were never in servitude to any one; how say you, You shall become free? ^8:34Jesus answered them, I tell you most truly, that every one who commits sin is a servant of the sin. ^8:35But the servant continues not in the house for ever; the Son continues for ever. ^8:36If, therefore, the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. ^8:37I know that you are children of Abraham; but you seek to kill me because my word has no place in you. ^8:38What I have seen with my Father I speak, and you also do what you have heard from your father. ^8:39They answered and said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were children of Abraham, you would have done the works of Abraham; ^8:40but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I have heard from God; Abraham did not do this. ^8:41You do the works of your father. They said to him, We were not born by fornication, we have one father, God. ^8:42Jesus said to them, If God was your father you would have loved me; for I came forth and come from God; for I came not of myself, but he sent me. ^8:43Why do you not understand my speech? because you cannot hear my word. ^8:44You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning and stood not by the truth; for truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own; for he is a liar, and the father of him [that lies]. ^8:45But because I tell you the truth you believe me not. ^8:46Who of you convicts me of a sin? If I say the truth, why do you not believe me? ^8:47He that is of God hears the words of God; you, therefore, hear not, because you are not of God.

4 ^8:48The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon? ^8:49Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. ^8:50But I seek not my glory; there is one that seeks and judges. ^8:51I tell you most truly, if any one shall keep my word he shall never see death. ^8:52The Jews said to him, Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, If any one shall keep my word he shall never taste death. ^8:53Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom do you make yourself? ^8:54Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, He is our God; ^8:55and you have not known him, but I have known him; and if I should say I do not know him, I should be a liar like you; but I know him and keep his word. ^8:56Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day, and he saw, and was glad. ^8:57Then the Jews said to him, You have not yet fifty years, and have you seen Abraham? ^8:58Jesus said to them, I tell you most truly, that before Abraham existed, I am. ^8:59Then they took up stones to cast at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.