John 8:26-36

26 I have much to say about you and much to judge, but ¹he who sent me is true, and I declare ²to the world ³what I have heard from him. ”

27 They did not understand that ⁴he had been speaking to them about the Father.

28 So Jesus said to them, “When you have ⁵lifted up the Son of Man, ⁶then you will know that ⁷I am he, and that ⁸I do nothing on my own authority, but ⁹speak just as the Father taught me.

29 And ¹⁰he who sent me is with me. ¹¹He has not left me alone, for ¹²I always do the things that are pleasing to him. ”

30 As he was saying these things, ¹³many believed in him.

The Truth Will Set You Free

31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ¹⁴“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,

32 and you will ¹⁵know the truth, and the truth ¹⁶will set you free. ”

33 They answered him, ¹⁷“We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’? ”

34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ¹⁸everyone who practices sin is a slave^[a] to sin.

35 ¹⁹The slave does not remain in the house forever; ²⁰the son remains forever.

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

Cross References

• 1. 8:26 ch. 3:33; 7:28; Rom. 3:4
• 2. 8:26 [ch. 18:20]
• 3. 8:26 ver. 40; ch. 15:15; [ch. 3:32; Rev. 1:1]
• 4. 8:27 ver. 18, 26
• 5. 8:28 ch. 3:14; 12:32, 34
• 6. 8:28 [ch. 16:8-11]
• 7. 8:28 See ver. 24
• 8. 8:28 See ch. 5:30
• 9. 8:28 See ch. 7:16
• 10. 8:29 ver. 16; ch. 16:32; Acts 10:38; See ch. 10:38
• 11. 8:29 ver. 16; ch. 16:32; Acts 10:38; See ch. 10:38
• 12. 8:29 ch. 4:34; 5:30; 6:38; [1 John 3:22]
• 13. 8:30 See ch. 7:31
• 14. 8:31 ch. 15:7, 8; 2 John 9
• 15. 8:32 2 John 1
• 16. 8:32 ver. 36; Rom. 6:18, 22; 8:2; 1 Cor. 7:22; 2 Cor. 3:17; Gal. 5:1, 13; James 1:25; 2:12; 1 Pet. 2:16
• 17. 8:33 ver. 37, 39; Matt. 3:9; [Luke 19:9; Rom. 9:7]
• 18. 8:34 Rom. 6:16-20; Titus 3:3; 2 Pet. 2:19
• 19. 8:35 Gen. 21:10; Gal. 4:30
• 20. 8:35 Luke 15:31

Footnotes

• [a] 8:34 Greek 'bondservant'; also verse 35