John 8:32-43

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

³³“We're descendants of Abraham! We've never been slaves to anyone,” they answered. “How can you say that we'll be set free?”

³⁴Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.

³⁵A slave doesn't have a permanent place in the family, but the son is part of the family forever.

³⁶If the Son sets you free, then you're truly free.

³⁷I know you're Abraham's descendants, yet you're trying to kill me because you refuse to accept my words.

³⁸I'm telling you what the Father has revealed to me, while you do what your father told you.”

³⁹“Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you really were children of Abraham, you'd do what Abraham did,” Jesus told them.

⁴⁰“But you are trying to kill me now, because I told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham would never have done that.

⁴¹You're doing what your father does.” “Well we are not illegitimate,” they responded. “God alone is our father!”

⁴²Jesus replied, “If God really was your father, you would love me. I came from God and now I am here. The decision to come wasn't mine, but the one who sent me.

⁴³Why can't you understand what I'm saying? It's because you refuse to hear my message!