John 8:32-42

32 and 1you will know the truth, and 2the truth will make you free."
33 They answered Him, "3We 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, 4everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.
35 "5The slave does not remain in the house forever; 6the son does remain forever.
36 "So if the Son 7makes you free, you will be free indeed.
37 "I know that you are 8Abraham's descendants; yet 9you 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 10your father."
39 They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is 11our father." Jesus said to them, "12If you are Abraham's children, do the deeds of Abraham.
40 "But as it is, 13you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has 14told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.
41 "You are doing the deeds of 15your father." They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; 16we have one Father: God."
42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, 17you would love Me, 18for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have 19not even come on My own initiative, but 20He sent Me.

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Cross References 20

  • 1. John 1:14, 17
  • 2. John 8:36; Romans 8:2; 2 Corinthians 3:17; Galatians 5:1, 13; James 2:12; 1 Peter 2:16
  • 3. Matthew 3:9; Luke 3:8; John 8:37, 39
  • 4. Romans 6:16; 2 Peter 2:19
  • 5. Genesis 21:10; Galatians 4:30
  • 6. Luke 15:31
  • 7. John 8:32
  • 8. Matthew 3:9; John 8:39
  • 9. John 7:1; John 8:40
  • 10. John 8:41, 44
  • 11. Matthew 3:9; John 8:37
  • 12. Romans 9:7; Galatians 3:7
  • 13. John 7:1; John 8:37
  • 14. John 8:26
  • 15. John 8:38, 44
  • 16. Deuteronomy 32:6; Isaiah 63:16; Isaiah 64:8
  • 17. 1 John 5:1
  • 18. John 13:3; John 16:28, 30; John 17:8
  • 19. John 7:28
  • 20. John 3:17

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