John 8:26-36

26 I have much to say about you and much to judge, but ¹he who sent me is true, and I declare ²to the world ³what I have heard from him. ”

27 They did not understand that ⁴he had been speaking to them about the Father.

28 So Jesus said to them, “When you have ⁵lifted up the Son of Man, ⁶then you will know that ⁷I am he, and that ⁸I do nothing on my own authority, but ⁹speak just as the Father taught me.

29 And ¹⁰he who sent me is with me. ¹¹He has not left me alone, for ¹²I always do the things that are pleasing to him. ”

30 As he was saying these things, ¹³many believed in him.

The Truth Will Set You Free

31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ¹⁴“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,

32 and you will ¹⁵know the truth, and the truth ¹⁶will set you free. ”

33 They answered him, ¹⁷“We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’? ”

34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ¹⁸everyone who practices sin is a slave^[a] to sin.

35 ¹⁹The slave does not remain in the house forever; ²⁰the son remains forever.

36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.