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Holman Christian Standard Bible
33 "We are descendants of Abraham," they answered Him, "and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can You say, 'You will become free'?"
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English Standard Version
33 They answered him, "We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, 'You will become free'?"
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King James Version
33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou,Ye shall be made free?
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The Message Bible
33 Surprised, they said, "But we're descendants of Abraham. We've never been slaves to anyone. How can you say, 'The truth will free you'?"
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New American Standard Bible
33 They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, 'You will become free '?"
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New International Version
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?”
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New King James Version
33 They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can you say, 'You will be made free'?"
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New Living Translation
33 “But we are descendants of Abraham,” they said. “We have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean, ‘You will be set free’?”
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New Revised Standard
33 They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean by saying, "You will be made free'?"
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American Standard Version
33 They answered unto him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
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The Bible in Basic English
33 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?
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Common English Bible
33 They responded, "We are Abraham's children; we've never been anyone's slaves. How can you say that we will be set free?"
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
33 They responded, "We are Abraham's children; we've never been anyone's slaves. How can you say that we will be set free?"
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The Complete Jewish Bible
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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The Darby Translation
33 They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never been under bondage to any one; how sayest thou, Ye shall become free?
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Good News Translation
33 "We are the descendants of Abraham," they answered, "and we have never been anybody's slaves. What do you mean, then, by saying, "You will be free'?"
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
33 "We are the descendants of Abraham," they answered, "and we have never been anybody's slaves. What do you mean, then, by saying, "You will be free'?"
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GOD'S WORD Translation
33 They replied to Jesus, "We are Abraham's descendants, and we've never been anyone's slaves. So how can you say that we will be set free?"
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Hebrew Names Version
33 They answered him, "We are Avraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, 'You will be made free?'"
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Jubilee Bible 2000
33 They answered him, We are Abraham’s seed, and we have never served anyone; how sayest thou, Ye shall be set free?
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou , Ye shall be made free?
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Lexham English Bible
33 They replied to him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have not been enslaved to anyone at any time. How do you say, 'You will become free'?"
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New Century Version
33 They answered, "We are Abraham's children, and we have never been anyone's slaves. So why do you say we will be free?"
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New International Reader's Version
33 They answered him, "We are Abraham's children. We have never been slaves of anyone. So how can you say that we will be set free?"
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
33 They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean by saying, "You will be made free'?"
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
33 They answered him: We are the seed of Abraham: and we have never been slaves to any man. How sayest thou: You shall be free?
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Revised Standard Version
33 They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham, and have never been in bondage to any one. How is it that you say, 'You will be made free'?"
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
33 They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham, and have never been in bondage to any one. How is it that you say, 'You will be made free'?"
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SBL Greek New Testament
33 ἀπεκρίθησαν πρὸς αὐτόν ⸃· Σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ ἐσμεν καὶ οὐδενὶ δεδουλεύκαμεν πώποτε · πῶς σὺ λέγεις ὅτι Ἐλεύθεροι γενήσεσθε;
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Third Millennium Bible
33 They answered Him, "We are Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man. How sayest thou, `Ye shall be made free'?"
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
33 They answered Him, "We are Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man. How sayest thou, `Ye shall be made free'?"
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Tyndale
33 They answered him: We be Abrahams seede and were never bonde to eny man: why sayest thou then ye shalbe made fre.
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The Latin Vulgate
33 responderunt ei semen Abrahae sumus et nemini servivimus umquam quomodo tu dicis liberi eritis
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33 responderunt ei semen Abrahae sumus et nemini servivimus umquam quomodo tu dicis liberi eritis
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The Webster Bible
33 They answered him, We are Abraham's offspring, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
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World English Bible
33 They answered him, "We are Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, 'You will be made free?'"
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Weymouth New Testament
33 "We are descendants of Abraham," they answered, "and have never at any time been in slavery to any one. What do those words of yours mean, `You shall become free'?"
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Wycliffe
33 Therefore the Jews answered to him, We be the seed of Abraham, and we served never to [no] man; how sayest thou, That ye shall be free [how sayest thou, Ye shall be free]?
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Young's Literal Translation
33 They answered him, `Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say -- Ye shall become free?'
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