John 8:28-38

28 So Jesus said, "When you ¹lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that ²I am He, and ³I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.

29 "And He who sent Me is with Me; ⁴He has not left Me alone, for ⁵I always do the things that are pleasing to Him."

30 As He spoke these things, ⁶many came to believe in Him.

The Truth Will Make You Free

31 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, "⁷If you continue in My word, then you are truly ⁸disciples of Mine;

32 and ⁹you will know the truth, and ¹⁰the truth will make you free."

33 They answered Him, "¹¹We are Abraham's descendants and have never * yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, 'You will become free '?"

34 Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, ¹²everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.

35 "¹³The slave does not remain in the house forever; ¹⁴the son does remain forever.

36 "So if the Son ¹⁵makes you free, you will be free indeed.

37 "I know that you are ¹⁶Abraham's descendants; yet ¹⁷you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.

38 "I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from ¹⁸your father."

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Cross References 18

1. John 3:14; John 12:32
2. Matthew 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; John 8:24, 58; John 13:19
3. John 3:11; John 5:19
4. John 8:16; John 16:32
5. John 4:34
6. John 7:31
7. John 15:7; 2 John 9
8. John 2:2
9. John 1:14, 17
10. John 8:36; Romans 8:2; 2 Corinthians 3:17; Galatians 5:1, 13; James 2:12; 1 Peter 2:16
11. Matthew 3:9; Luke 3:8; John 8:37, 39
12. Romans 6:16; 2 Peter 2:19
13. Genesis 21:10; Galatians 4:30
14. Luke 15:31
15. John 8:32
16. Matthew 3:9; John 8:39
17. John 7:1; John 8:40
18. John 8:41, 44

Footnotes 4

[a]. Lit "I AM" (v 24 note)
[b]. Or "did not leave"
[c]. Or "makes no progress"
[d]. Or "in the presence of"