These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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John 8
Brit Hadashah 59 verses
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but went to the Mount of Olives.
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At break of day however He returned to the Temple, and there the people came to Him in crowds. He seated Himself;
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- 3 and was teaching them when the Scribes and the Pharisees brought to Him a woman who had been found committing adultery. They made her stand in the centre of the court, and they put the case to Him.
- 4 “Rabbi,” they said, “this woman has been found in the very act of committing adultery.
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Now, in the Law, has ordered us to stone such women to death. But what do you say?”
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They asked this in order to put Him to the test, so that they might have some charge to bring against Him. But leant forward and began to write with His finger on the ground.
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Jeremiah 17:13 Luke 10:25 Matthew 19:3 Ecclesiastes 3:7 Matthew 22:18 1 Corinthians 10:9 Luke 20:20-23 Matthew 22:35 Matthew 26:63 Amos 5:13 Amos 5:10 Genesis 49:9 Matthew 10:16 Numbers 14:22 Mark 8:11 Mark 10:2 Psalm 38:12-14 Luke 11:53-54 Matthew 15:23 Luke 11:16 Mark 12:15 Matthew 16:1 John 8:2 Proverbs 26:17 Daniel 5:5 Psalm 39:1 - 7 When however they persisted with their question, He raised His head and said to them, “Let the sinless man among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”
- 8 Then He leant forward again, and again began to write on the ground.
- 9 They listened to Him, and then, beginning with the eldest, took their departure, one by one, till all were gone. And was left behind alone—and the woman in the centre of the court.
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Then, raising His head, said to her, “Where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
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“No one, Sir,” she replied. “And *I* do not condemn you either,” said ; “go, and from this time do not sin any more.”
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Once more addressed them. “I am the Light of the world,” He said; “the man who follows me shall certainly not walk in the dark, but shall have the light of Life.”
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“You are giving testimony about yourself,” said the Pharisees; “your testimony is not true.”
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- 14 “Even if I am giving testimony about myself,” replied , “my testimony is true; for I where I came from and where I am going, but you neither of these two things.
- 15 You judge according to appearances: I am judging no one.
- 16 And even if I do judge, my judgement is just; for I am not alone, but the Father who sent me is with me.
- 17 In your own Law, too, it is written that the testimony of two men is true.
- 18 I am one giving testimony about myself, and the Father who sent me gives testimony about me.”
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“Where is your Father?” they asked. “You my Father as little as you me.” He replied; “if you knew me, you would my Father also.”
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These sayings He uttered in the Treasury, while teaching in the Temple; yet no one arrested Him, because His time had not yet come.
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- 21 Again He said to them, “I am going away. Then you will try to find me, but you will die in your sins. Where I am going, it is impossible for you to come.”
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The Jews began to ask one another, “Is he going to kill himself, do you think, that he says, ‘Where I am going, it is impossible for you to come’?”
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- 23 “You,” He continued, “are from below, I am from above: you are of this present world, I am not of this present world.
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That is why I told you that you will die in your sins; for, unless you believe that I am He, that is what will happen.”
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“You—who are you?” they asked. “How is it that I am speaking to you at all?” replied .
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- 26 “Many things I have to speak and to judge concerning you. But He who sent me is true, and the things which I have heard from Him are those which I have come into the world to speak.”
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They did not perceive that He was speaking to them of the Father.
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- 28 So added, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will that I am He. Of myself I do nothing; but as the Father has taught me, so I speak.
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And He who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone: for I do always what is pleasing to Him.”
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As He thus spoke, many became believers in Him.
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therefore said to those of the Jews who had now believed in Him, “As for you, if you hold fast to my teaching, then you are truly my disciples;
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and you shall the Truth, and the Truth will make you free.”
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Romans 8:2 John 8:36 John 17:17 Romans 6:22 James 2:12 John 14:6 1 Peter 2:16 Isaiah 61:1 Jeremiah 6:16 James 1:25 Proverbs 2:1-7 Galatians 5:13 Proverbs 1:23 Proverbs 4:18 Malachi 4:2 Hosea 6:3 John 7:17 Matthew 13:11-12 Romans 8:15 Matthew 11:29 Romans 6:14-18 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 Isaiah 35:8 Psalm 25:8-9 Psalm 25:5 John 6:45 Galatians 5:1 Proverbs 1:29 Psalm 119:45 Isaiah 30:21 2 Timothy 2:25-26 John 16:13 Isaiah 54:13 2 Timothy 3:7 Jeremiah 31:33-34 Song of Solomon 1:7-8 Isaiah 2:3 - 33 “We are descendants of ,” they answered, “and have never at any time been in slavery to any one. What do those words of yours mean, ‘You shall become free’?”
- 34 “In most solemn I tell you,” replied , “that every one who commits sin is the slave of sin.
- 35 Now a slave does not remain permanently in his master’s house, but a son does.
- 36 If then the Son shall make you free, you will be free indeed.
- 37 You are descendants of , I ; but you want to kill me, because my teaching gains no ground within you.
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The words I speak are those I have learnt in the presence of the Father. Therefore you also should do what you have heard from your father.”
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“Our father is ,” they said. “If you were Abraham’s children,” replied , “it is Abraham’s deeds that you would be doing.
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- 40 But, in fact, you are longing to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the which I have heard from . did not do that.
- 41 You are doing the deeds of your father.” “We,” they replied, “are not illegitimate children. We have one Father, namely .”
- 42 “If were your Father,” said , “you would me; for it is from that I came and I am now here. I have not come of myself, but *He* sent me.
- 43 How is it you do not understand me when I speak? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my words.
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The father whose sons you are is the Devil; and you desire to do what gives him pleasure. *He* was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the —for there is no in him. Whenever he utters his lie, he utters it out of his own store; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
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But because I speak the , you do not believe me.
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Which of *you* convicts me of sin? If I speak the , why do you not believe me?
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- 47 He who is a child of listens to Elohim’s words. You do not listen to them: and why? It is because you are not Elohim’s children.”
- 48 “Are we not right,” answered the Jews, “in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a ?”
- 49 “I am not possessed by a ,” replied . “On the contrary I my Father, and you dishonour me.
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I, however, am not aiming at for myself: there is One who aims at for me—and who judges.
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In most solemn I tell you that if any one shall have obeyed my teaching he shall in no case ever see death.”
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“Now,” exclaimed the Jews, “we that you are possessed by a . died, and so did the Prophets, and yet *you* say, ‘If any one shall have obeyed my teaching, he shall in no case ever taste death.’
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- 53 Are you really greater than our forefather ? For he died. And the prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?”
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“Were I to glorify myself,” answered , “I should have no real . There is One who glorifies me—namely my Father, who you say is your .
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John 8:50 John 17:1 Acts 3:13 John 17:5 John 7:39 2 Peter 1:17 John 8:41 Proverbs 25:27 John 5:31-32 Psalm 110:1-4 Ephesians 1:20-23 John 2:11 2 Corinthians 10:18 John 16:14-15 John 5:41 1 Peter 1:21 John 5:22-29 Philippians 2:9-11 Hosea 1:9 Psalm 2:6-12 1 Peter 1:12 John 7:18 Hebrews 5:4-5 Isaiah 48:1-2 Daniel 7:13-14 Romans 2:17-29 Isaiah 66:5 John 13:31-32 - 55 You do not Him, but I Him perfectly; and were I to deny my knowledge of Him, I should resemble you, and be a liar. On the contrary I do Him, and I obey His commands.
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your forefather exulted in the of seeing my day: and he saw it, and was glad.”
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- 57 “You are not yet fifty years old,” cried the Jews, “and have you seen ?”
- 58 “In most solemn ,” answered , “I tell you that before came into existence, I am.”
- 59 Thereupon they took up stones with which to stone Him, but He hid Himself and went away out of the Temple.