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34 Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
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34 Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
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35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
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35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
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36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
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36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
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37 I know you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are ready to kill me, because you have no room for my word.
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37 I know you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are ready to kill me, because you have no room for my word.
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38 I am telling you what I have seen in the Father's presence, and you do what you have heard from your father. "
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38 I am telling you what I have seen in the Father's presence, and you do what you have heard from your father. "
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39 "Abraham is our father," they answered. "If you were Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then you would do the things Abraham did.
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39 "Abraham is our father," they answered. "If you were Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then you would do the things Abraham did.
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40 As it is, you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things.
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40 As it is, you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things.
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41 You are doing the things your own father does." "We are not illegitimate children," they protested. "The only Father we have is God himself."
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41 You are doing the things your own father does." "We are not illegitimate children," they protested. "The only Father we have is God himself."
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42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me.
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42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me.
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43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.
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43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.
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44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
