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1◆ Pero Jesús se fue al monte de los Olivos.
1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2◆ A la mañana siguiente regresó al templo. La gente se le acercó, y él se sentó a enseñarles.
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◆ Entonces los maestros de la ley y los fariseos llevaron a una mujer que había sido sorprendida en adulterio. La pusieron en medio del grupo
3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle,
4◆ y le dijeron a Jesús: ―Maestro, esta mujer ha sido sorprendida en el momento mismo en que cometía adulterio.
4 they told him, “Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
5◆ La ley de Moisés nos ordena que debemos apedrear a esa clase de mujeres. ¿Tú qué dices?
5 Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. What then do you say about her?”
6◆ Ellos le estaban poniendo una trampa al hacerle esa pregunta, para así tener de qué acusarlo. Pero Jesús se inclinó y comenzó a escribir en el suelo con su dedo.
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 seguían haciéndole preguntas, se enderezó y les dijo: ―Aquel de ustedes que nunca haya pecado, tire la primera piedra.
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◆ Y se inclinó de nuevo a seguir escribiendo en el suelo.
8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
9◆ Al oír esto, los más viejos comenzaron a irse, y luego poco a poco los demás también se fueron. Sólo la mujer seguía allí y Jesús se quedó solo con ella.
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 él se enderezó y le preguntó: ―Mujer, ¿dónde están? ¿Nadie te ha condenado?
10 Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, “Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?”
11◆ Ella dijo: ―Nadie, Señor. ―Yo tampoco te condeno. Vete y no vuelvas a pecar.
11 She said, “No one, Lord.” Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.”
12 Jesús, una vez más le habló a la gente diciendo: ―Yo soy la luz del mundo. El que me sigue no andará en oscuridad, porque 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 Los fariseos le dijeron: ―Tú eres tu propio testigo y por eso tu testimonio no es válido.
13 The Pharisees therefore said to him, “You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”
14 Jesús respondió: ―Aunque yo sea mi propio testigo, mi testimonio es válido. Porque yo 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 criterios humanos; yo, en cambio, no juzgo a nadie.
15 You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.
16 Pero si lo hago, mi juicio es de acuerdo con la verdad, porque yo no juzgo por mi cuenta, sino que el Padre que me envió juzga conmigo.
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 personas se considera verdadero.
17 It’s also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.
18 Yo mismo soy uno de mis testigos; y mi Padre que me envió es el otro.
18 I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”
19 Le preguntaron: ―¿Dónde está tu padre? ―Si me conocieran a mí, también conocerían al 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 Jesús dijo estas palabras mientras enseñaba en el templo, en el lugar donde se ponen las ofrendas. Pero nadie lo arrestó porque todavía no había llegado su tiempo.
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 una vez más: ―Yo me voy, y ustedes me buscarán, pero morirán en su pecado. A donde yo voy, ustedes no pueden ir.
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 Los judíos decían: «¿Será que está pensando suicidarse, y por eso dice que a donde él va nosotros no podemos ir?».
22 The Jews therefore said, “Will he kill himself, because he says, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come’?”
23 Jesús continuó diciendo: ―Ustedes son de aquí abajo; yo soy de allá 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. Pues si no creen que yo soy el que afirmo ser, 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 Le preguntaron: ―¿Quién eres tú? Jesús les contestó: ―En primer lugar, ¿por qué tengo que darles explicaciones?
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 Yo tengo muchas cosas que decir y juzgar de ustedes. Pero el que me envió es verdadero, y yo le repito al mundo lo que le he oído decir a 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 Pero ellos seguían sin entender que les estaba hablando de Dios.
27 They didn’t understand that he spoke to them about the Father.
28 Por eso Jesús les dijo: ―Cuando hayan levantado al Hijo del hombre, ustedes comprenderán que yo soy, y que no hago nada por mi propia cuenta, sino que hablo lo que el Padre me ha enseñado.
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 y no me ha dejado solo, porque siempre hago lo que a él 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 Cuando Jesús dijo todo esto, muchos creyeron en él.
30 As he spoke these things, many believed in him.
31 Entonces Jesús les dijo a los judíos que creyeron en él: ―Si ustedes se mantienen obedientes a mis enseñanzas, serán de verdad 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 Entonces 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 contestaron: ―Nosotros somos descendientes de Abraham y nunca hemos sido esclavos de nadie. ¿Qué quieres decir con eso de que seremos 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 respondió: ―Es bien cierto que el que peca 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 se queda para siempre en la familia; el hijo, en cambio, sí se queda para siempre en la familia.
35 A bondservant doesn’t live in the house forever. A son remains forever.
36 Así que si el Hijo los libera, serán libres de verdad.
36 If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
37 Yo sé que ustedes son descendientes de Abraham. Sin embargo, tratan de matarme porque no quieren aceptar mi palabra.
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 de lo que he visto al estar con mi Padre. Así también ustedes, hagan lo que del Padre han escuchado.
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 respondieron: ―¡Nuestro padre es Abraham! Él les dijo: ―Si ustedes fueran en verdad sus hijos, harían lo que él hizo.
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 Yo les he dicho la verdad que he recibido de Dios, y aun así ustedes quieren matarme. ¡Abraham nunca hizo tal cosa!
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 Lo que ustedes hacen es lo que hace su padre. Ellos le respondieron: ―Nosotros no somos hijos que nacieron de prostitución. Nuestro Padre es sólo uno, y es Dios mismo.
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 contestó: ―Si en verdad Dios fuera su Padre, ustedes me amarían, porque vine de Dios y aquí estoy. No vine por mi propia cuenta, sino porque Dios 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 lo que les hablo? Porque no pueden aceptar mi mensaje.
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 él. Desde el principio el diablo ha sido un asesino, y no se mantiene en la verdad porque no hay verdad en él. Él es mentiroso por naturaleza, y por eso miente. ¡Él es el 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, que les digo la verdad, no me creen.
45 But because I tell the truth, you don’t believe me.
46 ¿Quién de ustedes me puede probar que he pecado? 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 escucha lo que Dios dice. Pero ustedes no escuchan, 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 Los judíos respondieron: ―Tenemos razón al decir que eres samaritano, y que estás endemoniado.
48 Then the Jews answered him, “Don’t we say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?”
49 Jesús les respondió: ―No tengo ningún demonio. Lo único que hago es honrar a mi Padre. Ustedes en cambio, me deshonran a mí.
49 Jesus answered, “I don’t have a demon, but I honor my Father and you dishonor me.
50 Yo no busco que me den la gloria a mí; pero hay uno que sí la busca, y él es el que juzga.
50 But I don’t seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.
51 La verdad es que el que obedece mi palabra, nunca morirá.
51 Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”
52 Los judíos dijeron: ―Ahora estamos seguros de que estás endemoniado. Abraham murió y también los profetas, pero tú dices que si alguno obedece tu palabra, nunca morirá.
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 ¿Acaso eres más importante que nuestro padre Abraham? Él murió, y también los profetas murieron. ¿Quién te has creído que eres?
53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?”
54 Jesús les respondió: ―Si yo me doy gloria a mí mismo, mi gloria no sirve de nada. Pero el que me da la gloria es mi Padre, el que ustedes dicen que es su 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 en realidad, ustedes no lo conocen. Yo, en cambio, sí lo conozco. Si yo les dijera que no lo conozco, sería tan mentiroso como ustedes. Pero lo conozco y obedezco 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, el padre de ustedes, se llenó de alegría al pensar que vería mi día; lo vio y se alegró.
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it and was glad.”
57 Los judíos le dijeron: ―Todavía no tienes cincuenta años de edad, ¿y ya has visto a Abraham?
57 The Jews therefore said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?”
58 ―La verdad es que, antes que Abraham naciera, yo existo.
58 Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.”
59 Entonces los judíos 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)