John 8:33-40

33 They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”

34 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.

36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

37 I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you have no room for my word.

38 I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your father.^[a] ”

39 “Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would ^[b] do what Abraham did.

40 As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things.

Cross References

• 1. ver 37,39; Matthew 3:9; S Luke 3:8
• 2. S Romans 6:16; 2 Peter 2:19
• 3. Galatians 4:30
• 4. ver 32
• 5. ver 39,40
• 6. John 5:19,30; John 14:10,24
• 7. ver 41,44
• 8. ver 37; S Luke 3:8; Romans 9:7; Galatians 3:7
• 9. S Matthew 12:14
• 10. ver 26

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "presence. Therefore do what you have heard from the Father."
• [b]. Some early manuscripts "“If you are Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then"