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34 Jesus answered them, "Very truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.
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Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
35 The slave does not have a permanent place in the household; the son has a place there forever.
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Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
36 So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
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So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
37 I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you look for an opportunity to kill me, because there is no place in you for my word.
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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 declare what I have seen in the Father's presence; as for you, you should do what you have heard from the Father."
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I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your father.”
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