Part 23 (1/2)

(6)This they said, tempting him, that they might have whereof to accuse him. But Jesus, having stooped down, was writing with his finger in the ground. (7)And as they continued asking him, raising himself up, he said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast the stone at her. (8)And again stooping down, he wrote in the ground. (9)And they hearing it, and being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

(10)And Jesus raising himself up, and seeing none but the woman, said to her: Woman, where are they, thine accusers? Did no one condemn thee? (11)She said: No one, Lord. And Jesus said to her: Neither do I condemn thee; go, and sin no more.]

(12)Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying: I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life. (13)The Pharisees therefore said to him: Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true. (14)Jesus answered and said to them: Though I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; because I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I come, or whither I go. (15)Ye judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. (16)And even if I judge, my judgment is true; because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me. (17)It is written also in your law, that the witness of two men is true. (18)I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness of me. (19)They said therefore to him: Where is thy Father?

Jesus answered: Ye know neither me, nor my Father. If ye knew me, ye would know my Father also.

(20)These words he spoke in the treasury, while teaching in the temple; and no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.

(21)Again therefore he said to them: I go away, and ye will seek me, and shall die in your sin. Whither I go, ye can not come. (22)The Jews therefore said: Will he kill himself? because he says: Whither I go, ye can not come. (23)And he said to them: Ye are from beneath; I am from above. Ye are of this world; I am not of this world. (24)I said therefore to you, that ye shall die in your sins; for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. (25)Therefore they said to him: Who art thou? And Jesus said to them: That which I also say to you from the beginning. (26)I have many things to say and to judge concerning you. But he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I speak to the world. (27)They understood not that he spoke to them of the Father.

(28)Therefore Jesus said to them: When ye shall have lifted up the Son of man, then ye shall know that I am he; and of myself I do nothing, but as the Father taught me, those things I speak. (29)And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone; because I do always the things that please him. (30)As he spoke these words many believed on him.

(31)Jesus therefore said to those Jews who have believed him: If ye continue in my word, ye are truly my disciples; (32)and ye shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free. (33)They answered him: We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to any one. How sayest thou: Ye shall be made free? (34)Jesus answered them: Verily, verily, I say to you, every one who commits sin is a servant of sin.

(35)And the servant abides not in the house forever. (36)The Son abides forever; if therefore the Son shall make you free, ye will be free indeed. (37)I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you. (38)I speak what I have seen with my Father; and ye therefore do what ye have heard from your father.

(39)They answered and said to him: Our father is Abraham. Jesus says to them: If ye were children of Abraham, ye would do the works of Abraham. (40)But now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the truth, which I heard from G.o.d. This Abraham did not. (41)Ye do the works of your father. They said to him: We were not born of fornication; we have one father, G.o.d. (42)Jesus said to them: If G.o.d were your father, ye would love me; for from G.o.d I came forth, and am come; neither have I come of myself, but he sent me. (43)Why do ye not understand my speech? Because ye can not hear my word. (44)Ye are of your father the Devil, and the l.u.s.ts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abides not in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own; because he is a liar, and the father of it. (45)And because I speak the truth, ye believe me not.

(46)Which of you convicts me of sin? If I speak truth, why do ye not believe me? (47)He that is of G.o.d hears G.o.d's words; ye therefore hear not, because ye are not of G.o.d.

(48)The Jews answered and said to him: Say we not well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon? (49)Jesus answered: I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me. (50)And I seek not my own glory; there is one that seeks, and judges. (51)Verily, verily, I say to you, if any one keep my saying, he shall not see death, forever.

(52)The Jews said to him: Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest: If a man keep my saying, he shall not taste of death, forever. (53)Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom makest thou thyself? (54)Jesus answered: If I honor myself, my honor is nothing. It is my Father that honors me, of whom ye say, that he is your G.o.d. (55)And ye know him not; but I know him. And if I say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like to you. But I know him, and I keep his word. (56)Abraham, your father, rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad. (57)The Jews therefore said to him: Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? (58)Jesus said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am. (59)They took up stones therefore to cast at him. But Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.

IX.

AND pa.s.sing along, he saw a man blind from his birth. (2)And his disciples asked him, saying: Master, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind? (3)Jesus answered: Neither this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of G.o.d should be made manifest in him. (4)I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. Night is coming, when none can work. (5)As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

(6)Having thus spoken, he spit on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, (7)and said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is interpreted, Sent). He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

(8)The neighbors therefore, and they who before had seen him that he was a beggar, said: Is not this he that sits and begs? (9)Some said: This is he; and others: He is like him; he said: I am he.

(10)Therefore they said to him: How were thine eyes opened? (11)He answered: A man called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said to me: Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash. And I went away and washed, and received sight. (12)They said to him: Where is he? He said: I know not.

(13)They bring to the Pharisees him who before was blind. (14)And it was the sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

(15)Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him, how he received sight. He said to them: He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. (16)Therefore some of the Pharisees said: This man is not from G.o.d, because he keeps not the sabbath. Others said: How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? And there was a division among them.

(17)They say to the blind man again: What sayest thou of him, seeing that he opened thine eyes? He said: He is a Prophet.

(18)The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he was blind and received sight, until they called the parents of him that received sight. (19)And they asked them, saying: Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? How then does he now see? (20)His parents answered them and said: We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind. (21)But by what means he now sees, we know not; or who opened his eyes, we know not. He is of age; ask him. He shall speak for himself. (22)These words spoke his parents, because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had agreed already, that if any one acknowledged him as Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

(23)Therefore his parents said: He is of age; ask him.

(24)They therefore called a second time the man that was blind, and said to him: Give glory to G.o.d; we know that this man is a sinner.

(25)He answered therefore: Whether he is a sinner, I know not; one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. (26)They therefore said to him: What did he to thee? How opened he thine eyes? (27)He answered them: I told you already, and ye did not hear. Wherefore would ye hear again? Will ye also become his disciples? (28)They reviled him, and said: Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses'

disciples. (29)We know that G.o.d has spoken to Moses; but this man we know not, whence he is. (30)The man answered and said to them: Why herein is a marvelous thing, that ye know not whence he is, and he opened mine eyes. (31)Now we know that G.o.d hears not sinners. But if any one is a wors.h.i.+per of G.o.d, and does his will, him he hears.

(32)Since the world began, it was not heard that any one opened the eyes of one born blind. (33)If this man were not from G.o.d, he could do nothing. (34)They answered and said to him: Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

(35)Jesus heard that they cast him out; and finding him, he said to him: Dost thou believe on the Son of G.o.d? (36)He answered and said: Who then is he, Lord, that I may believe on him? (37)And Jesus said to him: Thou hast both seen him, and he it is that talks with thee.