John 8:31-55

³¹Therefore Jesus said to the Jews, that believed in him, If ye dwell in my word, verily, ye shall be my disciples;

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

³³Therefore the Jews answered to him, We be the seed of Abraham, and we served never to man or and to no man we served ever; how sayest thou, That ye shall be free?

³⁴Jesus answered to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, each man that doeth sin, is the servant of sin.

³⁵And the servant dwelleth not in the house without end, but the Son dwelleth without end.

³⁶Therefore if the Son make you free, verily, ye shall be free.

³⁷I know that ye be Abraham’s sons, but ye seek to slay me, for my word taketh not in you.

³⁸I speak those things, that I saw at my Father; and ye do those things, that ye saw at your father.

³⁹They answered, and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith to them, If ye be the sons of Abraham, do ye the works of Abraham.

⁴⁰But now ye seek to slay me, a man that have spoken to you the truth, that I heard of God; Abraham did not this thing.

⁴¹Ye do the works of your father. Therefore they said to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, God.

⁴²But Jesus saith to them, If God were your Father, soothly ye should love me; for I passed forth of God, or I proceeded, or came forth, of God, and came; for neither I came of myself, but he sent me.

⁴³Why know ye not my speech? for ye may not hear my word.

⁴⁴Ye be of the father, the devil, and ye will do the desires of your father. He was a manslayer from the begin-ning, and he stood not in truth; for truth is not in him. When he speaketh leasing, he speaketh of his own; for he is a liar, and father of it.

⁴⁵But for I say truth, ye believe not to me.

⁴⁶Who of you shall reprove me of sin? if I say truth, why believe ye not to me?

⁴⁷He that is of God, heareth the words of God; therefore ye hear not, for ye be not of God.

⁴⁸Therefore the Jews answered, and said to him, Whether we say not well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

⁴⁹Jesus answered, and said, I have not a devil, but I honour my Father, and ye have unhonoured me.

⁵⁰For I seek not my glory; there is he, that seeketh, and deemeth.

⁵¹Truly, truly, I say to you, if any man keep my word, he shall not taste death without end.

⁵²Therefore the Jews said, Now we have known, that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets, and thou sayest, If any man keep my word, he shall not taste death without end.

⁵³Whether thou art greater than our father Abraham, that is dead, and the prophets be dead; whom makest thou thyself?

⁵⁴Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nought; my Father is, that glorifieth me, whom ye say, that he is your God.

⁵⁵And ye have not known him, but I have known him; and if I say that I know him not, I shall be a liar like to you; but I know him, and I keep his word.