JOHN 8:26-44

²⁶I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world.

²⁷They perceived not that he spake to them of the Father.

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

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

³⁰As he spake these things, many believed on him.

³¹Jesus therefore said to those Jews which had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples;

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

³³They answered unto him, We be Abraham’s seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

³⁴Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.

³⁵And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever.

³⁶If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

³⁷I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

³⁸I speak the things which I have seen with my Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from your father.

³⁹They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

⁴⁰But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.

⁴¹Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

⁴²Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.

⁴³Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word.

⁴⁴Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.