# John 8.13

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 11. And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, <span class="rl-speech">Neither do I condemn thee: go thy way; from henceforth sin no more.]]</span> 12. Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, <span class="rl-speech">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.</span>
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> **13. The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.**
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> 14. Jesus answered and said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.</span> (John 8:11-15, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 11. She said, “No one, Lord.” Jesus said, <span class="rl-speech">“Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.”</span> 12. Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, <span class="rl-speech">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.”</span>
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> **13. The Pharisees therefore said to him, “You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”**
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> 14. Jesus answered them, <span class="rl-speech">“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.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.</span> (John 8:11-15, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 11. She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, <span class="rl-speech">Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.</span> 12. Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
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> **13. The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.**
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> 14. Jesus answered and said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.</span> (John 8:11-15, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 11. and she said, 'No one, Sir;' and Jesus said to her, <span class="rl-speech">'Neither do I pass sentence on thee; be going on, and no more sin.'</span> 12. Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, <span class="rl-speech">saying, 'I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'</span>
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> **13. The Pharisees, therefore, said to him, 'Thou of thyself dost testify, thy testimony is not true;'**
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> 14. Jesus answered and said to them, <span class="rl-speech">'And if I testify of myself, my testimony is true, because I have known whence I came, and whither I go, and ye, ye have not known whence I come, or whither I go.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">'Ye according to the flesh do judge; I do not judge any one,</span> (John 8:11-15, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [How Can Jesus Be God Objection Defeater](/codex/how-can-jesus-be-god-objection-defeater/)
- [Jesus Never Claimed to Be God Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-never-claimed-to-be-god-objection-defeater/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.