John 8:25-40

²⁵They said therefore to him, Who art thou? And Jesus said to them, Altogether that which I also say to you.

²⁶I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but he that has sent me is true, and I, what I have heard from him, these things I say to the world.

²⁷They knew not that he spoke to them of the Father.

²⁸Jesus therefore said to them, When ye shall have lifted up the Son of man, then ye shall know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father has taught me I speak these things.

²⁹And he that has sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I do always the things that are pleasing to him.

³⁰As he spoke these things many believed on him.

³¹Jesus therefore said to the Jews who believed him, If ye abide in my word, ye are truly my disciples;

³²and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.

³³They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never been under bondage to any one; how sayest thou, Ye shall become free?

³⁴Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Every one that practises sin is the bondman of sin.

³⁵Now the bondman abides not in the house for ever: the son abides for ever.

³⁶If therefore the Son shall set you free, ye shall be really free.

³⁷I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no entrance in you.

³⁸I speak what I have seen with my Father, and ye then do what ye have seen with your father.

³⁹They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus says to them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham;

⁴⁰but now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.