John 8:34-57

³⁴Jhesus answeride to hem, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to you, ech man that doith synne, is seruaunt of synne.

³⁵And the seruaunt dwellith not in the hows with outen ende, but the sone dwellith with outen ende.

³⁶Therfor if the sone make you fre, verili ye schulen be fre.

³⁷Y woot that ye ben Abrahams sones, but ye seken to sle me, for my word takith not in you.

³⁸Y speke tho thingis, that Y say at my fadir; and ye doen tho thingis, that ye sayn at youre fadir.

³⁹Thei answerden, and seiden to hym, Abraham is oure fadir. Jhesus seith to hem, If ye ben the sones of Abraham, do ye the werkis of Abraham.

⁴⁰But now ye seken to sle `me, a man that haue spoken to you treuthe, that Y herde of God; Abraham dide not this thing.

⁴¹Ye doen the werkis of youre fadir. Therfor thei seiden to hym, We ben not borun of fornycacioun; we han o fadir, God.

⁴²But Jhesus seith to hem, If God were youre fadir, sotheli ye schulden loue me; for Y passide forth of God, and cam; for nether Y cam of my silf, but he sente me.

⁴³Whi knowen ye not my speche? for ye moun not here my word.

⁴⁴Ye ben of the fadir, the deuel, and ye wolen do the desyris of youre fadir. He was a mansleere fro the bigynnyng, and he stood not in treuthe; for treuthe is not in hym. Whanne he spekith lesyng, he spekith of his owne; for he is a liere, and fadir of it.

⁴⁵But for Y seie treuthe, ye bileuen not to me.

⁴⁶Who of you schal repreue me of synne? if Y sey treuthe, whi bileuen ye not to me?

⁴⁷He that is of God, herith the wordis of God; therfor ye heren not, for ye ben not of God.

⁴⁸Therfor the Jewis answeriden, and seiden, Whether we seien not wel, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a deuel?

⁴⁹Jhesus answerde, and seide, Y haue not a deuel, but Y onoure my fadir, and ye han vnhonourid me.

⁵⁰For Y seke not my glorye; there is he, that sekith, and demeth.

⁵¹Treuli, treuli, Y seie to you, if ony man kepe my word, he schal not taste deth with outen ende.

⁵²Therfor the Jewis seiden, Now we han knowun, that thou hast a deuel. Abraham is deed, and the prophetis, and thou seist, If ony man kepe my word, he schal not taste deth withouten ende.

⁵³Whether thou art grettere than oure fader Abraham, that is deed, and the prophetis ben deed; whom makist thou thi silf?

⁵⁴Jhesus answeride, If Y glorifie my silf, my glorie is nouyt; my fadir, is that glorifieth me, whom ye seien, that he is youre God.

⁵⁵And ye han not knowun hym, but Y haue knowun hym; and if Y seie that Y knowe hym not, Y schal be a liere lich to you; but Y knowe hym, and Y kepe his word.

⁵⁶Abraham, youre fadir, gladide to se my dai; and he saiy, and ioyede.

⁵⁷Thanne the Jewis seiden to hym, Thou hast not yit fifti yeer, and hast thou seien Abraham?