John 8:29-43

²⁹And the One who sent me is with me. The Father has not left me alone, because I always do the things that please Him.”

³⁰While He was saying these things many believed into Him.

³¹So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed Him: “If you abide in my word, you really are my disciples;

³²and you will know the Truth, and the Truth will make you free.”

³³They answered and said to Him: “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will be made free’?”

³⁴Jesus answered them: “I tell you most assuredly that everyone committing sin is a slave of sin.

³⁵Now the slave does not remain in the household forever; the son does remain forever.

³⁶Therefore, if the Son should make you free, you really will be free.

³⁷I know that you are descendants of Abraham, but you are wanting to kill me because my word finds no place in you.

³⁸On my part, I speak what I have observed with my Father, while on your part you do what you have observed with your father.”

³⁹They answered and said to Him, “Our father is Abraham!” Jesus says to them: “If you were children of Abraham, you would do the works of Abraham;

⁴⁰but now you are wanting to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. This sort of thing Abraham did not do!

⁴¹You do the works of your father.” Then they said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father—God.”

⁴²So Jesus said to them: “If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came forth from God and I am here. Further, I have not come on my own, but He sent me.

⁴³Why don't you understand what I say?—because you are not able to really hear my word.