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and 1you will know the truth, and 2the truth will make you free."
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They answered Him, "3We are Abraham'sdescendants and have never*yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, 'You will becomefree '?"
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Jesusanswered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, 4everyone who commitssin is the slave of sin.
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"5The slave does not remain in the houseforever; 6the son does remainforever.
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"Soif the Son7makes you free, you will be freeindeed.
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"I know that you are 8Abraham'sdescendants; yet9you seek to kill Me, because My wordhasnoplace in you.
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"I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you alsodo the things which you heard from 10your father."
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They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is 11our father." Jesussaid to them, "12If you are Abraham'schildren, do the deeds of Abraham.
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"But as it is, 13you are seeking to kill Me, a manwho has 14told you the truth, which I heard from God; thisAbraham did not do.
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"You are doing the deeds of 15your father." They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; 16we haveoneFather: God."
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Jesussaid to them, "IfGod were your Father, 17you would love Me, 18for I proceededforth and havecome from God, for I have 19not evencome on My owninitiative, but 20He sent Me.