The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Bible in Basic English BBE
31 So Yeshua said to the Judeans who had trusted him, "If you obey what I say, then you are really my talmidim,
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Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;
32 you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
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And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free.
33 They answered, "We are the seed of Avraham and have never been slaves to anyone; so what do you mean by saying, `You will be set free'?"
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They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free?
34 Yeshua answered them, "Yes, indeed! I tell you that everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin.
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And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.
35 Now a slave does not remain with a family forever, but a son does remain with it forever.
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Now the servant does not go on living in the house for ever, but the son does.
36 So if the Son frees you, you will really be free!
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If then the son makes you free, you will be truly free.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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