Chapter XI: Christ Declaring Himself the Son of God

1 [8:12]THEN 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. [8:13]Then the Pharisees said to him, You testify of yourself; your testimony is not true. [8:14]Jesus 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. [8:15]You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one; [8:16]and even if I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me. [8:17]And it is written also in your law, that the testimony of two men is true; [8:18]I am one, testifying of myself, and the Father who sent me testifies of me. [8:19]Then 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. [8:20]These 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 [8:21]Then Jesus said to them again, I go away, and you shall seek me and die in your sin; where I go, you cannot come. [8:22]Then the Jews said, Will he kill himself, that he says, Where I go you cannot come? [8:23]And he said to them, You are from below; I am from above; you are from this world; I am not from this world. [8:24]Therefore 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. [8:25] Then they said to him, Who are you? And Jesus said to them, What at the beginning, and what I tell you [now]. [8:26]I 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. [8:27]They understood not that he spoke to them of the Father. [8:28]Then 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; [8:29]and he having sent me is with me, he has not left me alone, for I always do the things which please him.

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

4 [8:48]The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon? [8:49]Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. [8:50]But I seek not my glory; there is one that seeks and judges. [8:51]I tell you most truly, if any one shall keep my word he shall never see death. [8:52]The 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. [8:53]Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom do you make yourself? [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; [8:55]and 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. [8:56]Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day, and he saw, and was glad. [8:57]Then the Jews said to him, You have not yet fifty years, and have you seen Abraham? [8:58]Jesus said to them, I tell you most truly, that before Abraham existed, I am. [8:59]Then they took up stones to cast at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.