John 8:31-44

³¹Jesus said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples;

³²and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

³³They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves of anyone; how can you say, 'You will be set free'?”

³⁴Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.

³⁵The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever.

³⁶Therefore, if the Son sets you free, you will be truly free.

³⁷I know that you are Abraham's descendants; you seek to kill me because my word has no place in you.

³⁸I say what I have seen with my Father, and you also do what you heard from your father.”

³⁹They answered and said to him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.

⁴⁰Yet, now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

⁴¹You do the works of your father.” They said to him, “We were not born in sexual immorality; we have one Father: God.”

⁴²Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am here; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.

⁴³Why do you not understand my words? It is because you cannot hear my words.

⁴⁴You are of your father, the devil, and you wish to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature because he is a liar and the father of lies.