John 8:35-59

³⁵And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever.

³⁶If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

³⁷I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

³⁸I speak the things which I have seen with my Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from your father.

³⁹They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

⁴⁰But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.

⁴¹Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

⁴²Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.

⁴³Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word.

⁴⁴Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

⁴⁵But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.

⁴⁶Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why do ye not believe me?

⁴⁷He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear them not, because ye are not of God.

⁴⁸The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?

⁴⁹Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me.

⁵⁰But I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

⁵¹Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never see death.

⁵²The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my word, he shall never taste of death.

⁵³Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself?

⁵⁴Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God;

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

⁵⁶Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.

⁵⁷The Jews therefore said unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

⁵⁸Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.

⁵⁹They took up stones therefore to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.