The Gospel of John for Readers | Page 9

but of the fathers) and ye
circumcise a man on the sabbath day. If a man receives circumcision on
the sabbath day that the law of Moses should not be broken, are ye
angry at me because I have made a man every whit whole on the
sabbath day? Judge not according to the appearance, but judge
righteous judgment.
Some of them said, Is not this He whom they seek to kill? But, lo, He
speaketh boldly and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers know
indeed that this is the very Christ? Howbeit we know this man whence
He is but when Christ cometh no man knoweth whence He is. Then
cried Jesus in the temple as He taught saying, Ye both know me and
know whence I am. I am not come of myself but He that sent me is true,
whom ye know not. But I know Him for I am from Him and He hath
sent me.
Then they sought to take Him but no man laid hands on Him because
His hour was not yet come. Many of the people believed on Him and
said, When Christ cometh will He do more miracles than these which
this man hath done? The Pharisees heard that the people murmured
such things concerning Him. And the Pharisees and the chief priests
sent officers to take Him.

Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while am I with you and then I go
unto Him that sent me. Ye shall seek me and shall not find me. And
where I go ye cannot come. Then said the Jews among themselves,
Whither will He go that we shall not find Him? Will He go unto the
dispersed among the Gentiles and teach the Gentiles? What manner of
saying is this that He said, Ye shall seek me and shall not find me? And,
where I am, thither ye cannot come?
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying,
If any man thirst, let Him come unto me and drink. He that believeth on
me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living
water. (But this spoke He of the Spirit which they that believe on Him
would receive. The Holy Ghost was not yet given because Jesus was
not yet glorified.) Many of the people therefore, when they heard this
saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. Others said, This is the
Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the
scripture said that Christ cometh of the seed of David and out of the
town of Bethlehem, where David was? So there was a division among
the people because of Him. Some of them would have taken Him, but
no man laid hands on Him.
Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees. They said
unto them, Why have ye not brought Him? The officers answered,
Never man spoke like this man. Then answered the Pharisees, Are ye
also deceived? Have any of the rulers or any of the Pharisees believed
on Him? These people who knoweth not the law are cursed. Nicodemus
saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
Doth our law judge any man before it hear him and know what he
doeth? They answered and said to him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search
and look, for, out of Galilee, ariseth no prophet. And every man went
unto his own house.
8. Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning He came
again into the temple and all the people came unto Him. He sat down
and taught them. Now the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a
woman taken in adultery. When they sat her in the midst, they say unto
Him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Moses,

in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. What sayest
Thou? This they said, tempting Him, that they might have reason to
accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and, with His finger, wrote on the
ground as if He heard them not. So when they continued asking Him,
He lifted Himself up and said to them, He that is without sin among
you, let him first cast a stone at her. Then He stooped down again and
wrote on the ground.
Those who heard this, being convicted by their own conscience, went
out one by one, beginning with the eldest and down to the last. Now
Jesus was left alone and the woman was standing in the midst. When
Jesus lifted Himself up and saw none but the woman, He said unto her,
Woman, where are thine accusers? Hath