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8:1-19
Jesus did not go 'home' but had
gone to the Mount
of Olives.
Again at dawn he arrived in the temple and all the people
came to him. Sitting down he
taught them.
Then
the scribes and the Pharisees led in a woman who had been caught in
adultery. They made her stand
in the middle of those there.
They said to him "Teacher this woman has been caught in the act
of committing adultery. Now the
Law that Moses gave us requires the stoning of such a one. What do you say?" They said this in order to trick him
so that they would have something to accuse him about. But Jesus stooped down and wrote in
the earth with his finger.
However they stayed on questioning him. So he stood up straight and said to
them. "Let the one amongst
you who is sinless be the first to cast a stone at her." Then he stooped down again and wrote
on the ground. They, on hearing
this went out one by one, beginning with those who were older. So he was left alone with the woman
still standing there. Standing
erect Jesus said to her "Woman where are they? Has no one condemned you?" She said "No one
sir." Jesus said (to her)
"Neither do I condemn you.
Go and from now on do not sin any more."
Jesus
again spoke to them (the people in the
temple) saying "I am
the light of the world. The one
who follows me will not walk in the darkness but will have the light of
life." The Pharisees
therefore said to him "You are bearing witness to yourself and your
witness is not true."
Jesus answered and said to them. "Even if I give witness
concerning myself the witness is true because I know where I came from and
where I am going to. But as for
you, you do not know where I came from or where I am going. You judge according to the
flesh. I do not judge anyone.
But even if I do judge my judgment is true because I do not do so alone but
with the one who has sent me.
Even in your law it has been written if a witness is given from two
men then that witness is true.
I am witnessing concerning myself and the one who has sent me is
also witnessing (to me)."
They therefore said to him "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered "You do not know
either myself or my Father. If you
did know me you would have also known my father."
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12:12-19 The next
day there was a big crowd coming to the feast. On hearing that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem they took the branches of palm-trees
and went out to meet with him.
They cried out “Hosanna.
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord, who is the
King of Israel.” Jesus,
having found a young ass was seated on it, as it had been written "Do
not be afraid daughter of Sion.
Look your king is coming seated on the foal of an ass." At first the disciples did not
realise these things. But when
Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been written about him and
what they had done to him. The
crowd who were with him were there when he called Lazarus out of the tomb
and out of the dead. Then they
were met with a crowd who had heard that he had worked this sign.
Therefore
the Pharisees said amongst themselves "See that you achieve nothing
(in stopping Him). The whole
world has gone after him."
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