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    "book": "john",
    "chapter": 8
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  "data": {
    "n": 8,
    "bookSlug": "john",
    "bookCode": "JHN",
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    "title": "",
    "translation": null,
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    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "JHN-8:1",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.1",
        "text": "but Jesus went unto the mount of Olives."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "JHN-8:2",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.2",
        "text": "And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "JHN-8:3",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.3",
        "text": "And the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman taken in adultery; and having set her in the midst,"
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "JHN-8:4",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.4",
        "text": "they say unto him, Teacher, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the very act."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "JHN-8:5",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.5",
        "text": "Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such: what then sayest thou of her?"
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "JHN-8:6",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.6",
        "text": "And this they said, trying him, that they might have [whereof] to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "JHN-8:7",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.7",
        "text": "But when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "JHN-8:8",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.8",
        "text": "And again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "JHN-8:9",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.9",
        "text": "And they, when they heard it, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the midst."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "JHN-8:10",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.10",
        "text": "And Jesus lifted up himself, and said unto her, Woman, where are they? did no man condemn thee?"
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "JHN-8:11",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.11",
        "text": "And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, Neither do I condemn thee: go thy way; from henceforth sin no more."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "JHN-8:12",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.12",
        "text": "Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "JHN-8:13",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.13",
        "text": "The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "JHN-8:14",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.14",
        "text": "Jesus answered and said unto them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I come, or whither I go."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "JHN-8:15",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.15",
        "text": "Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "JHN-8:16",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.16",
        "text": "Yea and if I judge, my judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "JHN-8:17",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.17",
        "text": "Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "JHN-8:18",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.18",
        "text": "I am he that beareth witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "JHN-8:19",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.19",
        "text": "They said therefore unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me, nor my Father: if ye knew me, ye would know my Father also."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "JHN-8:20",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.20",
        "text": "These words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man took him; because his hour was not yet come."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "JHN-8:21",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.21",
        "text": "He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "JHN-8:22",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.22",
        "text": "The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come?"
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "JHN-8:23",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.23",
        "text": "And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world."
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "JHN-8:24",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.24",
        "text": "I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins."
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "JHN-8:25",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.25",
        "text": "They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? Jesus said unto them, Even that which I have also spoken unto you from the beginning."
      },{
        "n": 26,
        "refId": "JHN-8:26",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.26",
        "text": "I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world."
      },{
        "n": 27,
        "refId": "JHN-8:27",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.27",
        "text": "They perceived not that he spake to them of the Father."
      },{
        "n": 28,
        "refId": "JHN-8:28",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.28",
        "text": "Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am [he], and [that] I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things."
      },{
        "n": 29,
        "refId": "JHN-8:29",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.29",
        "text": "And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him."
      },{
        "n": 30,
        "refId": "JHN-8:30",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.30",
        "text": "As he spake these things, many believed on him."
      },{
        "n": 31,
        "refId": "JHN-8:31",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.31",
        "text": "Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, [then] are ye truly my disciples;"
      },{
        "n": 32,
        "refId": "JHN-8:32",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.32",
        "text": "and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
      },{
        "n": 33,
        "refId": "JHN-8:33",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.33",
        "text": "They answered unto him, We are Abraham`s seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?"
      },{
        "n": 34,
        "refId": "JHN-8:34",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.34",
        "text": "Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin."
      },{
        "n": 35,
        "refId": "JHN-8:35",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.35",
        "text": "And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever."
      },{
        "n": 36,
        "refId": "JHN-8:36",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.36",
        "text": "If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed."
      },{
        "n": 37,
        "refId": "JHN-8:37",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.37",
        "text": "I know that ye are Abraham`s seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you."
      },{
        "n": 38,
        "refId": "JHN-8:38",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.38",
        "text": "I speak the things which I have seen with [my] Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from [your] father."
      },{
        "n": 39,
        "refId": "JHN-8:39",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.39",
        "text": "They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham`s children, ye would do the works of Abraham."
      },{
        "n": 40,
        "refId": "JHN-8:40",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.40",
        "text": "But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham."
      },{
        "n": 41,
        "refId": "JHN-8:41",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.41",
        "text": "Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God."
      },{
        "n": 42,
        "refId": "JHN-8:42",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.42",
        "text": "Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me."
      },{
        "n": 43,
        "refId": "JHN-8:43",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.43",
        "text": "Why do ye not understand my speech? [Even] because ye cannot hear my word."
      },{
        "n": 44,
        "refId": "JHN-8:44",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.44",
        "text": "Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof."
      },{
        "n": 45,
        "refId": "JHN-8:45",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.45",
        "text": "But because I say the truth, ye believe me not."
      },{
        "n": 46,
        "refId": "JHN-8:46",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.46",
        "text": "Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why do ye not believe me?"
      },{
        "n": 47,
        "refId": "JHN-8:47",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.47",
        "text": "He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear [them] not, because ye are not of God."
      },{
        "n": 48,
        "refId": "JHN-8:48",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.48",
        "text": "The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?"
      },{
        "n": 49,
        "refId": "JHN-8:49",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.49",
        "text": "Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me."
      },{
        "n": 50,
        "refId": "JHN-8:50",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.50",
        "text": "But I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth."
      },{
        "n": 51,
        "refId": "JHN-8:51",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.51",
        "text": "Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never see death."
      },{
        "n": 52,
        "refId": "JHN-8:52",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.52",
        "text": "The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my word, he shall never taste of death."
      },{
        "n": 53,
        "refId": "JHN-8:53",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.53",
        "text": "Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself?"
      },{
        "n": 54,
        "refId": "JHN-8:54",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.54",
        "text": "Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God;"
      },{
        "n": 55,
        "refId": "JHN-8:55",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.55",
        "text": "and ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be like unto you, a liar: but I know him, and keep his word."
      },{
        "n": 56,
        "refId": "JHN-8:56",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.56",
        "text": "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad."
      },{
        "n": 57,
        "refId": "JHN-8:57",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.57",
        "text": "The Jews therefore said unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?"
      },{
        "n": 58,
        "refId": "JHN-8:58",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.58",
        "text": "Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am."
      },{
        "n": 59,
        "refId": "JHN-8:59",
        "verseRef": "JHN.8.59",
        "text": "They took up stones therefore to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple."
      }
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