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8:33
“We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”
8:34
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
8:35
A slave does not remain in the house forever, but a son remains forever.
8:36
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
8:37
I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
8:38
I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
8:39
“Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.
8:40
But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.
8:41
You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
8:42
Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.
8:43
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
8:44
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
8:45
But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!
8:46
Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?
8:47
Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”