John 8:12-30

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.

21Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. He said, “I’m going away, and you’ll look for me. But you will die because of your sin. You can’t go where I’m going.”

22Then the Jews asked, “Is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means when he says, ‘You can’t go where I’m going’?”

23Jesus said to them, “You’re from below. I’m from above. You’re from this world. I’m not from this world.

24For this reason I told you that you’ll die because of your sins. If you don’t believe that I am the one, you’ll die because of your sins.”

25The Jews asked him, “Who did you say you are?” Jesus told them, “I am who I said I was from the beginning.

26I have a lot I could say about you and a lot I could condemn you for. But the one who sent me is true. So I tell the world exactly what he has told me.”

27(The Jews didn’t know that he was talking to them about the Father.)

28So Jesus told them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you’ll know that I am the one and that I can’t do anything on my own. Instead, I speak as the Father taught me.

29Besides, the one who sent me is with me. He hasn’t left me by myself. I always do what pleases him.”

30As Jesus was saying this, many people believed in him.