John 8:12-20

12Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. He said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will have a life filled with light and will never live in the dark.”

13The Pharisees said to him, “You testify on your own behalf, so your testimony isn’t true.”

14Jesus replied to them, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is true because I know where I came from and where I’m going. However, you don’t know where I came from or where I’m going.

15You judge the way humans do. I don’t judge anyone.

16Even if I do judge, my judgment is valid because I don’t make it on my own. I make my judgment with the Father who sent me.

17Your own teachings say that the testimony of two people is true.

18I testify on my own behalf, and so does the Father who sent me.”

19The Pharisees asked him, “Where is your father?” Jesus replied, “You don’t know me or my Father. If you knew me, you would also know my Father.”

20Jesus spoke these words while he was teaching in the treasury area of the temple courtyard. No one arrested him, because his time had not yet come.