The Woman Caught in Adultery
But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Mat 21:1Mrk 11:1Luk 19:37Mrk 13:3
Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. 1 All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them. Mat 26:55Luk 21:37Luk 4:20Luk 5:3Mat 5:1-2Ecc 9:10Jer 25:3Jer 44:4 The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them and said, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?” Lev 20:10Deu 22:21-24Ezk 16:38-40Mat 5:17Mat 19:6-8Mat 22:16-18Ezk 23:47
They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger. Jer 17:13Luk 10:25Ecc 3:7Psa 38:12-14Amo 5:10Mat 19:31Co 10:9Amo 5:13
When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.” Mat 7:1-5Rom 2:21-25Rom 2:1-3Deu 17:6-7Mat 23:25-28Col 4:6Heb 4:12-13Psa 50:16-20 And again He bent down and wrote on the ground.
When they heard this, 2 they began to go away one by one, beginning with the older ones, until only Jesus was left, with the woman standing there. Ecc 7:22Rom 2:151Jn 3:20Gen 42:21-22Rom 2:22Jhn 8:10Job 5:12-13Psa 71:13 Then Jesus straightened up 3and asked her, “Woman, where are your accusers? 4 Has no one condemned you?” Isa 41:11-12
“No one, Lord,” she answered. Jhn 3:17Jhn 5:14Isa 1:16-18Jhn 8:15Luk 15:7Luk 5:32Job 34:31Pro 28:13
“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Now go and sin no more.”
Jesus the Light of the World
(1 John 1:5–10)
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.” Jhn 12:46Jhn 9:5Jhn 12:35Mat 5:14Job 33:28Jhn 1:4-9Psa 18:28Jhn 3:19
So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not valid.” Jhn 5:31-47
Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going. Jhn 13:3Jhn 16:28Jhn 14:10Jhn 8:42Jhn 17:8Num 12:3Rev 3:142Co 11:31 You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. 1Sa 16:7Jhn 12:47Jhn 3:17Jhn 7:24Jhn 18:36Rom 2:11Co 2:151Co 4:3-5 But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me. 5 Jhn 8:29Act 17:311Sa 16:7Isa 32:1-2Jhn 16:32Jhn 5:22-30Isa 11:2-5Jer 23:5-6 Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid. 6 Deu 19:15Deu 17:6Heb 10:28Mat 18:16Gal 3:242Co 13:1Gal 4:21Rev 11:3 I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.” Jhn 8:38Jhn 8:58Rev 1:17-181Jn 5:6-12Heb 2:4Jhn 10:11Jhn 10:14Jhn 10:9
“Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. Jhn 16:3Jhn 8:54-55Jhn 14:6-92Co 4:4-61Co 15:34Jhn 1:10Jhn 7:28Mat 11:25
“You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”
He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come. Jhn 7:30Jhn 7:8Mrk 12:41Jhn 7:44Mat 27:6Mrk 12:431Ch 9:26Jhn 10:39
Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” Jhn 7:34Jhn 8:241Co 15:17-18Ezk 3:18-19Jhn 13:331Ki 18:102Ki 2:16-17Isa 65:20
So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” Jhn 8:52Psa 22:6Heb 12:3Jhn 8:48Psa 31:18Heb 13:13Jhn 10:20Jhn 7:20
Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. Jhn 3:311Jn 2:15-16Jhn 17:14Jhn 17:161Jn 4:5-6Psa 17:41Jn 5:19-20Jas 4:4 That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.” Jhn 3:36Mrk 16:16Jhn 3:18Heb 10:26-29Heb 12:25Pro 8:36Heb 2:3Jhn 13:19
“Who are You?” they asked. Jhn 5:17-29Jhn 1:22Jhn 8:12Luk 22:67Jhn 10:24Jhn 19:9Jhn 1:19
“Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied. “I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.” Jhn 15:15Jhn 12:47-50Jhn 8:40Jhn 17:8Jhn 7:282Co 1:18Heb 5:11-12Jhn 16:12
They did not understand that He was telling them about the Father. Isa 6:9Isa 59:102Co 4:3-4Isa 42:18-20Jhn 8:43Jhn 8:47Rom 11:7-10 So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me. Jhn 5:19Jhn 5:30Jhn 6:38Jhn 12:49-50Jhn 3:141Th 2:15-16Jhn 12:32-34Act 2:41 He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.” Jhn 6:38Jhn 16:32Jhn 15:10Jhn 4:34Jhn 5:30Isa 42:1Jhn 8:16Jhn 14:10-11
The Truth Will Set You Free
(2 John 1:4–6)
As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him. Jhn 7:31Jhn 2:23Jhn 10:42Jhn 11:45Jhn 6:14 So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. 2Jn 1:9Jhn 15:4-92Ti 3:141Ti 4:16Jas 1:25Col 1:231Sa 12:14Jhn 6:66-71 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Rom 8:2Jhn 8:36Jhn 17:171Pe 2:16Jhn 14:6Rom 6:22Rom 6:14-18Isa 61:1
“We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?” Mat 3:9Jhn 8:39Neh 5:4-8Gen 15:13Jhn 8:37Neh 9:27-28Exo 1:13-14Ezr 9:9
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Rom 6:162Pe 2:19Pro 5:221Jn 3:8-10Rom 6:12Rom 6:6Tit 3:3Rom 6:19-20 A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever. Gal 4:4-7Luk 15:31Gen 21:10Rom 8:15-17Gal 4:30-31Ezk 46:17Heb 3:5-61Pe 1:2-5 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 2Co 3:17Gal 5:1Rom 8:2Jhn 8:31-32Luk 4:18Zec 9:11-12Isa 61:1Isa 49:24-25
I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you. 1Co 2:14Jhn 8:45-47Rom 9:7Jhn 7:1Jhn 8:59Act 13:26Jhn 8:43Jhn 11:53 I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.” Jhn 5:19Jhn 8:44Jhn 12:49-50Jhn 5:30Jhn 8:411Jn 3:8-10Jhn 14:10Jhn 14:24
“Abraham is our father,” they replied. Gal 3:7Jhn 8:37Rom 9:7Rom 2:28-29Mat 3:9Mat 5:45Gal 3:29Jas 2:22-24
“If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham. But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing. Jhn 8:26Gal 4:29Gal 4:16Psa 37:32Rev 12:12-131Jn 3:12-15Jhn 8:37-38Jhn 8:56 You are doing the works of your father.” Isa 64:8Isa 63:16Jhn 8:38Jhn 8:44Mal 2:11Deu 14:1Deu 32:6Exo 4:22
“We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me. Jhn 12:49Jhn 14:10Jhn 17:8Jhn 17:25Jhn 15:23-24Mal 1:6Jhn 1:141Jn 5:1-2
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message. Jhn 12:39-40Jhn 5:43Jhn 7:17Rom 8:7-8Pro 28:5Act 7:51Jer 6:10Jhn 6:60 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies. Act 13:101Jn 3:121Jn 3:8-102Co 11:3Rev 12:9Jhn 8:38Rev 20:7-10Jhn 8:41 But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me! 2Ti 4:3-42Th 2:10Gal 4:16Jhn 18:37Jhn 3:19-20Jhn 7:7
Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me? Heb 4:15Jhn 16:81Pe 2:222Co 5:21Jhn 15:10Jhn 8:7Mat 21:25Heb 7:26 Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.” 2Jn 1:9Jhn 10:26-27Jhn 18:371Jn 3:10Jhn 6:45-46Jhn 8:37Jhn 8:451Jn 4:1-6
Before Abraham Was Born, I Am
The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?” Jhn 7:20Jhn 8:52Jas 2:19Jhn 10:20Jhn 4:9Mat 10:25Mat 10:5Mat 12:24
“I do not have a demon,” Jesus replied, “but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me. 1Pe 2:23Php 2:6-11Isa 49:3Jhn 11:4Jhn 12:28Jhn 13:31-32Jhn 14:13Jhn 17:4 I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge. Jhn 5:41Jhn 8:54Jhn 5:20-23Jhn 7:18Jhn 12:47-48Jhn 5:45 Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.” Jhn 11:25-26Jhn 5:24Jhn 3:15-16Jhn 15:20Jhn 6:50Heb 11:5Luk 2:26Jhn 8:55
“Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death. Heb 2:9Jhn 8:48Jhn 8:51Jhn 9:24Heb 11:13Zec 1:5-6 Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?” Jhn 4:12Heb 7:1-7Isa 9:6Rom 9:5Heb 3:2-3Jhn 10:29-30Jhn 10:33Jhn 12:34
Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say ‘He is our 7God.’ Jhn 8:50Pro 25:272Pe 1:172Co 10:18Jhn 16:14-15Psa 110:1-4Act 3:13Dan 7:13-14 You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word. Jhn 8:19Jhn 7:28-29Jhn 8:44Jhn 8:51Mat 11:27Rev 3:91Jn 5:10Jer 4:22 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My day. He saw it and was glad.” Heb 11:13Gal 3:7-9Gen 22:18Jhn 8:39Mat 13:17Luk 10:241Pe 1:10-12Heb 11:39
Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?”
“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am! 8” Exo 3:14Col 1:17Jhn 17:5Jhn 1:1-2Isa 44:6Jhn 17:24Rev 1:8Heb 13:8
At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area. 9 Jhn 11:8Jhn 10:30-33Jhn 10:39-40Lev 24:16Luk 4:29-302Ki 6:18-20Act 7:57Act 8:39-40