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1◆ Pero Jesús se fue al monte de los Olivos.
1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2◆ Muy temprano volvió al templo, y todo el pueblo vino a él. Entonces se sentó y les enseñaba.
2 Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down and taught them.
3◆ Los escribas y los fariseos le trajeron una mujer sorprendida en adulterio. La pusieron en medio
3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle,
4◆ y le dijeron: Maestro, esta mujer fue sorprendida en el acto mismo de adulterio.
4 they told him, “Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
5◆ En la Ley, Moisés nos mandó apedrear a tales mujeres. ¿Tú, pues, qué dices?
5 Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. What then do you say about her?”
6◆ Decían esto para ponerlo a prueba, a fin de tener de qué acusarlo. Pero Jesús se inclinó y escribía con el dedo en la tierra.
6 They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
7◆ Como insistían en preguntarle, se enderezó y les dijo: El que esté sin pecado entre ustedes, sea el primero en arrojar la piedra contra ella.
7 But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.”
8◆ Luego volvió a inclinarse y siguió escribiendo en la tierra.
8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
9◆ Al oír esto, acusados por su conciencia, salieron uno por uno, comenzando por los más viejos hasta los últimos. Jesús quedó solo, y la mujer estaba allí en medio.
9 They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle.
10◆ Entonces Jesús se enderezó y le dijo: Mujer, ¿dónde están los que te acusaban? ¿Nadie te condenó?
10 Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, “Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?”
11◆ Ella dijo: Nadie, Señor. Jesús le dijo: Yo tampoco te condeno. Vete, y no peques más.
11 She said, “No one, Lord.” Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.”
12 Jesús les habló otra vez, diciendo: Yo soy la luz del mundo. El que me sigue no andará en oscuridad, sino que tendrá la luz de la vida.
12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
13 Entonces los fariseos le dijeron: Tú das testimonio acerca de ti mismo; tu testimonio no es válido.
13 The Pharisees therefore said to him, “You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”
14 Jesús les respondió: Aunque yo doy testimonio acerca de mí mismo, mi testimonio es válido, porque sé de dónde vengo y a dónde voy. Pero ustedes no saben de dónde vengo ni a dónde voy.
14 Jesus answered them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don’t know where I came from, or where I am going.
15 Ustedes juzgan según la carne; yo no juzgo a nadie.
15 You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.
16 Y si yo juzgo, mi juicio es verdadero, porque no estoy solo, sino que estoy con el Padre que me envió.
16 Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.
17 En la Ley de ustedes está escrito que el testimonio de dos hombres es válido.
17 It’s also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.
18 Yo soy el que doy testimonio acerca de mí mismo, y el Padre que me envió da testimonio acerca de mí.
18 I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”
19 Entonces le dijeron: ¿Dónde está tu Padre? Jesús respondió: Ustedes no me conocen a mí ni a mi Padre. Si me conocieran a mí, también conocerían a mi Padre.
19 They said therefore to him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”
20 Estas palabras las dijo Jesús en el lugar de las ofrendas, mientras enseñaba en el templo. Pero nadie lo arrestó, porque aún no había llegado su hora.
20 Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
21 Jesús les dijo otra vez: Yo me voy, y ustedes me buscarán, pero morirán en su pecado. A donde yo voy, ustedes no pueden venir.
21 Jesus said therefore again to them, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can’t come.”
22 Entonces los judíos decían: ¿Acaso se matará a sí mismo, porque dice: A donde yo voy, ustedes no pueden venir?
22 The Jews therefore said, “Will he kill himself, because he says, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come’?”
23 Él les dijo: Ustedes son de abajo; yo soy de arriba. Ustedes son de este mundo; yo no soy de este mundo.
23 He said to them, “You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.
24 Por eso les dije que morirán en sus pecados; porque si no creen que yo soy, morirán en sus pecados.
24 I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”
25 Entonces le dijeron: ¿Tú quién eres? Jesús les respondió: Lo mismo que les he dicho desde el principio.
25 They said therefore to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.
26 Muchas cosas tengo que decir y juzgar acerca de ustedes; pero el que me envió es verdadero, y yo digo al mundo lo que he oído de él.
26 I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However, he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world.”
27 Ellos no entendieron que les hablaba del Padre.
27 They didn’t understand that he spoke to them about the Father.
28 Entonces Jesús les dijo: Cuando hayan levantado al Hijo del Hombre, entonces sabrán que yo soy, y que no hago nada por mi propia cuenta, sino que hablo estas cosas como el Padre me enseñó.
28 Jesus therefore said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.
29 El que me envió está conmigo. El Padre no me ha dejado solo, porque yo siempre hago lo que le agrada.
29 He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn’t left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.”
30 Mientras decía estas cosas, muchos creyeron en él.
30 As he spoke these things, many believed in him.
31 Entonces Jesús dijo a los judíos que habían creído en él: Si ustedes permanecen en mi palabra, serán verdaderamente mis discípulos.
31 Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.
32 Conocerán la verdad, y la verdad los hará libres.
32 You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
33 Ellos le respondieron: Somos descendientes de Abraham y nunca hemos sido esclavos de nadie. ¿Cómo dices tú: Serán libres?
33 They answered him, “We are Abraham’s offspring, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, ‘You will be made free’?”
34 Jesús les respondió: De cierto, de cierto les digo que todo el que practica el pecado es esclavo del pecado.
34 Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.
35 El esclavo no permanece en la casa para siempre; el hijo sí permanece para siempre.
35 A bondservant doesn’t live in the house forever. A son remains forever.
36 Así que, si el Hijo los hace libres, serán verdaderamente libres.
36 If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
37 Yo sé que son descendientes de Abraham; pero buscan matarme, porque mi palabra no tiene lugar en ustedes.
37 I know that you are Abraham’s offspring, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.
38 Yo hablo lo que he visto junto a mi Padre; y ustedes hacen lo que han visto junto a su padre.
38 I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father.”
39 Ellos le respondieron: Nuestro padre es Abraham. Jesús les dijo: Si fueran hijos de Abraham, harían las obras de Abraham.
39 They answered him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.
40 Pero ahora buscan matarme a mí, un hombre que les ha dicho la verdad que oí de Dios. Abraham no hizo esto.
40 But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do this.
41 Ustedes hacen las obras de su padre. Entonces le dijeron: Nosotros no nacimos de inmoralidad; tenemos un solo Padre: Dios.
41 You do the works of your father.” They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God.”
42 Jesús les dijo: Si Dios fuera su Padre, me amarían, porque yo salí de Dios y he venido de él. No vine por mi propia cuenta, sino que él me envió.
42 Therefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.
43 ¿Por qué no entienden mi lenguaje? Porque no pueden escuchar mi palabra.
43 Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word.
44 Ustedes son de su padre, el diablo, y quieren cumplir los deseos de su padre. Él ha sido asesino desde el principio y no permaneció en la verdad, porque no hay verdad en él. Cuando habla mentira, habla de lo suyo, porque es mentiroso y padre de la mentira.
44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
45 Pero a mí, porque digo la verdad, ustedes no me creen.
45 But because I tell the truth, you don’t believe me.
46 ¿Quién de ustedes me prueba que tengo pecado? Y si digo la verdad, ¿por qué no me creen?
46 Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
47 El que es de Dios oye las palabras de Dios. Por eso ustedes no las oyen, porque no son de Dios.
47 He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don’t hear, because you are not of God.”
48 Entonces los judíos le respondieron: ¿No decimos bien que eres samaritano y que tienes un demonio?
48 Then the Jews answered him, “Don’t we say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?”
49 Jesús respondió: Yo no tengo demonio. Honro a mi Padre, pero ustedes me deshonran.
49 Jesus answered, “I don’t have a demon, but I honor my Father and you dishonor me.
50 Yo no busco mi propia gloria. Hay uno que la busca, y él juzga.
50 But I don’t seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.
51 De cierto, de cierto les digo que el que guarda mi palabra nunca verá la muerte.
51 Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”
52 Entonces los judíos le dijeron: Ahora sabemos que tienes un demonio. Abraham murió, y también los profetas; y tú dices: El que guarda mi palabra nunca probará la muerte.
52 Then the Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, as did the prophets; and you say, ‘If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.’
53 ¿Eres tú mayor que nuestro padre Abraham, quien murió? También los profetas murieron. ¿Quién te haces a ti mismo?
53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?”
54 Jesús respondió: Si yo me glorifico a mí mismo, mi gloria no vale nada. Mi Padre es quien me glorifica, aquel de quien ustedes dicen: Él es nuestro Dios.
54 Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.
55 Pero ustedes no lo conocen. Yo sí lo conozco. Si dijera que no lo conozco, sería mentiroso como ustedes. Pero lo conozco y guardo su palabra.
55 You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, ‘I don’t know him,’ I would be like you, a liar. But I know him and keep his word.
56 Abraham, padre de ustedes, se alegró de ver mi día; lo vio y se llenó de gozo.
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it and was glad.”
57 Entonces los judíos le dijeron: Todavía no tienes cincuenta años, ¿y has visto a Abraham?
57 The Jews therefore said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?”
58 Jesús les dijo: De cierto, de cierto les digo: antes que Abraham existiera, yo soy.
58 Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.”
59 Entonces tomaron piedras para arrojárselas; pero Jesús se escondió y salió del templo.
59 Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, having gone through the middle of them, and so passed by.
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  1. 1 Matthew 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:37
  2. 2 Matthew 26:55; Luke 21:37; Luke 4:20; Matthew 5:1–2; Luke 5:3
  3. 5 Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:21–24; Ezekiel 16:38–40; Matthew 5:17; Matthew 19:6–8
  4. 6 Jeremiah 17:13; Luke 10:25; Psalm 38:12–14; Ecclesiastes 3:7; Amos 5:10
  5. 7 Matthew 7:1–5; Romans 2:21–25; Romans 2:1–3; Matthew 23:25–28; Deuteronomy 17:6–7
  6. 9 Ecclesiastes 7:22; Romans 2:15; 1 John 3:20; Genesis 42:21–22; Romans 2:22
  7. 10 Isaiah 41:11–12
  8. 11 John 3:17; John 5:14; Isaiah 1:16–18; John 8:15; Luke 15:7
  9. 12 John 12:46; John 9:5; John 12:35; Matthew 5:14; Job 33:28
  10. 13 John 5:31–47
  11. 14 John 16:28; John 13:3; John 8:42; John 14:10; Numbers 12:3
  12. 15 1 Samuel 16:7; John 12:47; John 3:17; John 7:24; Romans 2:1
  13. 16 John 8:29; Acts 17:31; Isaiah 32:1–2; 1 Samuel 16:7; John 16:32
  14. 17 Deuteronomy 19:15; Deuteronomy 17:6; Hebrews 10:28; Matthew 18:16; Galatians 3:24
  15. 18 John 8:58; Revelation 1:17–18; John 8:38; John 8:12; John 8:51
  16. 19 John 8:54–55; John 16:3; John 14:6–9; 2 Corinthians 4:4–6; Matthew 11:25
  17. 20 John 7:30; John 7:8; Mark 12:41; Mark 12:43; John 7:44
  18. 21 John 7:34; John 8:24; 1 Corinthians 15:17–18; John 13:33; Ezekiel 3:18–19
  19. 22 Psalm 22:6; John 8:52; John 8:48; Psalm 31:18; Hebrews 12:3
  20. 23 John 3:31; 1 John 2:15–16; John 17:14; John 17:16; 1 John 4:5–6
  21. 24 John 3:36; Mark 16:16; John 3:18; Hebrews 10:26–29; Hebrews 12:25
  22. 25 John 5:17–29; John 8:12; John 1:22; Luke 22:67; John 19:9
  23. 26 John 15:15; John 12:47–50; John 8:40; John 7:28; John 17:8
  24. 27 Isaiah 6:9; Isaiah 59:10; Romans 11:7–10; John 8:43; John 8:47
  25. 28 John 5:19; John 5:30; John 6:38; John 12:49–50; John 3:14
  26. 29 John 6:38; John 16:32; John 15:10; John 5:30; John 4:34
  27. 30 John 7:31; John 2:23; John 6:14; John 11:45; John 10:42
  28. 31 2 John 9; John 15:4–9; 2 Timothy 3:14; 1 Timothy 4:16; James 1:25
  29. 32 Romans 8:2; John 8:36; John 17:17; 1 Peter 2:16; John 14:6
  30. 33 Matthew 3:9; John 8:39; Nehemiah 5:4–8; Nehemiah 9:27–28; John 8:37
  31. 34 Romans 6:16; 2 Peter 2:19; Proverbs 5:22; 1 John 3:8–10; Romans 6:12
  32. 35 Galatians 4:4–7; Luke 15:31; Genesis 21:10; Romans 8:15–17; Galatians 4:30–31
  33. 36 2 Corinthians 3:17; Galatians 5:1; Romans 8:2; John 8:31–32; Luke 4:18
  34. 37 1 Corinthians 2:14; John 8:45–47; Romans 9:7; John 7:1; John 8:59
  35. 38 John 5:19; John 8:44; John 5:30; John 8:41; John 12:49–50
  36. 39 Galatians 3:7; Romans 9:7; John 8:37; Romans 2:28–29; Matthew 5:45
  37. 40 John 8:26; Galatians 4:29; Galatians 4:16; Revelation 12:12–13; Psalm 37:32
  38. 41 Isaiah 64:8; Isaiah 63:16; John 8:38; John 8:44; Malachi 2:11
  39. 42 John 12:49; John 14:10; John 17:8; John 17:25; John 15:23–24
  40. 43 Romans 8:7–8; John 12:39–40; John 7:17; John 5:43; Proverbs 28:5
  41. 44 Acts 13:10; 1 John 3:12; 1 John 3:8–10; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Revelation 12:9
  42. 45 2 Timothy 4:3–4; John 7:7; John 18:37; 2 Thessalonians 2:10; John 3:19–20
  43. 46 Hebrews 4:15; John 16:8; Matthew 21:25; 1 Peter 2:22; John 8:7
  44. 47 John 10:26–27; 2 John 9; John 18:37; John 6:45–46; 1 John 3:10
  45. 48 John 7:20; John 8:52; James 2:19; Matthew 10:25; John 10:20
  46. 49 1 Peter 2:23; Philippians 2:6–11; John 11:4; John 8:29; John 13:31–32
  47. 50 John 5:41; John 8:54; John 7:18; John 5:20–23; John 12:47–48
  48. 51 John 11:25–26; John 5:24; John 3:15–16; John 6:50; John 15:20
  49. 52 Hebrews 2:9; John 8:51; John 8:48; John 9:24; Zechariah 1:5–6
  50. 53 John 4:12; Hebrews 7:1–7; Romans 9:5; Isaiah 9:6; John 10:33
  51. 54 Proverbs 25:27; John 8:50; 2 Peter 1:17; Psalm 110:1–4; 2 Corinthians 10:18
  52. 55 John 8:19; John 7:28–29; John 8:44; Matthew 11:27; Revelation 3:9
  53. 56 Hebrews 11:13; Genesis 22:18; Galatians 3:7–9; Matthew 13:17; John 8:39
  54. 58 Exodus 3:14; Colossians 1:17; John 17:5; John 1:1–2; Isaiah 44:6
  55. 59 John 11:8; John 10:39–40; John 10:30–33; Leviticus 24:16; Luke 4:29–30

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  1. Commentary 8:31 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon LXXXIV)

    Ye know well, Beloved, that we all have One Master, and are fellow disciples under Him. Nor are we your masters, because we speak to you from this higher spot; but He is the Master of all, who dwelleth in us all.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)

  2. Commentary 8:12 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapter VIII — 12)

    What we have just heard and attentively received, as the holy Gospel was being read, I doubt not that all of us have also endeavored to understand, and that each of us according to his measure apprehended what he could of so great a matter as that which has been read; and while the bread of the word is laid …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)

  3. Commentary 8:20 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of John (Homily LIII)

    Oh the folly of the Jews! seeking Him as they did before the Passover, and then having found Him in the midst of them, and having often attempted to take Him by their own or by others' hands without being able; they were not even so awed by His power, but set themselves to their wickedness, and desisted not.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)

  4. Quotes verse 8:56 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book II, Chapter XXI)

    For when the Lord said to them, "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day; and he saw it, and was glad," they answered Him, "Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast Thou seen Abraham?" Now, such language is fittingly applied to one who has already passed the age of forty, without having as yet reached his fiftieth …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  5. Quotes verse 8:25 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XI, Chapters IV–IX)

    The same is Thy Word, which is also "the Beginning," because also It speaketh unto us. Thus, in the gospel He speaketh through the flesh; and this sounded outwardly in the ears of men, that it might be believed and sought inwardly, and that it might be found in the eternal Truth, where the good and only Master teacheth all …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)