John 8:31-41

31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, ¹"If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,

32 and you will ²know the truth, and the truth ³will set you free."

33 They answered him, ⁴"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, ⁵everyone who commits sin is a slave^[a] to sin.

35 ⁶The slave does not remain in the house forever; ⁷the 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 ⁸you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.

38 ⁹I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard ¹⁰from your father."

39 They answered him, ¹¹"Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, ¹²"If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,

40 but now ¹³you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth ¹⁴that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.

41 You are doing the works your father did." They said to him, ¹⁵"We were not born of sexual immorality. We have ¹⁶one Father--even God."

Images for John 8:31-41

1. John 15:7, 8; 2 John 9
2. 2 John 1
3. ver. 36; Romans 6:18, 22; Romans 8:2; 1 Corinthians 7:22; 2 Corinthians 3:17; Galatians 5:1, 13; James 1:25; James 2:12; 1 Peter 2:16
4. ver. 37, 39; Matthew 3:9; [Luke 19:9; Romans 9:7]
5. Romans 6:16-20; Titus 3:3; 2 Peter 2:19
6. Genesis 21:10; Galatians 4:30
7. Luke 15:31
8. ver. 40; See John 7:1
9. John 3:32; John 5:19; John 6:46
10. ver. 41, 44
11. ver. 33, 56
12. [Galatians 3:7, 9]
13. ver. 37
14. ver. 26
15. [Hosea 2:4]
16. Deuteronomy 32:6; Isaiah 63:16; Isaiah 64:8; [ver. 47]

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