17Why, in your own Law it is said that the testimony of two persons is trustworthy.
18I, who bear testimony to myself, am one, and the Father who sent me also bears testimony to me.”
19“Where is your father, then?” they asked. “You know neither me nor my Father,” replied Jesus. “If you had known me, you would have also known my Father.”
20These statements Jesus made in the Treasury, while teaching in the Temple Courts. Yet no one arrested him, for his time had not then come.
21Jesus again spoke to the people. “I am going away,” he said, “and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin; you cannot come where I am going.”
22“Is he going to kill himself,” the people exclaimed, “that he says — ‘You cannot go where I am going’?”
23“You,” added Jesus, “are from below, I am from above; you are of this present world, I am not;
24and so I told you that you would die in your sins, for, unless you believe that I am what I am, you will die in your sins.”
25“Who are you?” they asked. “Why ask exactly what I have been telling you?” said Jesus.
26“I have still much that concerns you to speak of and to pass judgement on; yet he who sent me may be trusted, and I speak to the world only of the things which I have heard from him.”
27They did not understand that he meant the Father.
28So Jesus added, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will understand that I am what I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but that I say just what the Father has taught me.
29Moreover, he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone; for I always do what pleases him.”
30While he was speaking in this way, many came to believe in him.
31So Jesus went on to say to those who had believed him, “If you remain constant to my message, you are truly my disciples;
32and you find out the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
33“We are descendants of Abraham,” was their answer, “and have never yet been in slavery to anyone. What do you mean by saying ‘you will be set free’?”
34“In truth I tell you,” replied Jesus, “everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
35And a slave does not remain in the home always; but a son remains always.
36If, then, the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!
37I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you are seeking to put me to death, because my message finds no place in your hearts.
38I tell you what I have myself seen in the presence of my Father; and you, in the same way, do what you have learnt from your father.”
39“Our father is Abraham,” was their answer. “If you are Abraham's children,” replied Jesus, “do what Abraham did.
40But, as it is, you are seeking to put me to death — a man who has told you the truth as he heard it from God. Abraham did not act in that way.
41You are doing what your own father does.” “We are not bastards,” they said, “we have one Father — God himself.”
42“If God were your Father,” Jesus replied, “you would have loved me, for I came out from God, and now am here; and I have not come of myself, but he sent me as his messenger.
43How is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my message.
44As for you, you are children of your Father the devil, and you are determined to do what your father loves to do. He was a murderer from the first, and did not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he does what is natural to him; because he is a liar, and the father of lying.
45But, as for me, it is because I speak the truth to you that you do not believe me.
46Which of you can convict me of sin? Why then don't you believe me, if I am speaking truth?
47The person who comes from God listens to God's teaching; the reason why you do not listen is because you do not come from God.”
48“Aren't we right, after all,” replied the people, “in saying that you are a Samaritan, and are possessed by a demon?”
John 8
John 8:17-48