John 8:30-40

Listen to John 8:30-40

30 As he was saying these things, ¹many believed in him.

31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ²“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,

32 and you will ³know the truth, and the truth ⁴will set you free. ”

33 They answered him, ⁵“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, ⁶everyone who practices sin is a slave^[a] to sin.

35 ⁷The slave does not remain in the house forever; ⁸the son remains forever.

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

37 I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet ⁹you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.

38 ¹⁰I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard ¹¹from your father. ”

39 They answered him, ¹²“Abraham is our father. ” Jesus said to them, ¹³“If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,

40 but now ¹⁴you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth ¹⁵that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.

Images for John 8:30-40

1. 8:30 See ch. 7:31
2. 8:31 ch. 15:7, 8; 2 John 9
3. 8:32 2 John 1
4. 8:32 ver. 36; Rom. 6:18, 22; 8:2; 1 Cor. 7:22; 2 Cor. 3:17; Gal. 5:1, 13; James 1:25; 2:12; 1 Pet. 2:16
5. 8:33 ver. 37, 39; Matt. 3:9; [Luke 19:9; Rom. 9:7]
6. 8:34 Rom. 6:16-20; Titus 3:3; 2 Pet. 2:19
7. 8:35 Gen. 21:10; Gal. 4:30
8. 8:35 Luke 15:31
9. 8:37 ver. 40; See ch. 7:1
10. 8:38 ch. 3:32; 5:19; 6:46
11. 8:38 ver. 41, 44
12. 8:39 ver. 33, 56
13. 8:39 [Gal. 3:7, 9]
14. 8:40 ver. 37
15. 8:40 ver. 26