Joh 8:31 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine;
Joh 8:32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
Joh 8:33 They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?”
Joh 8:34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.
Joh 8:35 “The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever.
Joh 8:36 “So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
Joh 8:37 “I know that you are Abraham’s descendants; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.
Joh 8:38 “I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father.”
You Are of Your Father the Devil#
Joh 8:39 They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus *said to them, “If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham.
Joh 8:40 “But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.
Joh 8:41 “You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God.”
Joh 8:42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.
Joh 8:43 “Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word.
Joh 8:44 “You are of your father the devil, and you want 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. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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So Jesus was saying to those Jews
who had believed Him,
“If you continue in My word,
then* you are truly disciples of Mine;
and you will know the truth,
and the truth will make you free.”
They answered Him,
“We are Abraham’s descendants
and have never yet been enslaved to anyone;
how is it that You say,
‘You will become free’?”
Jesus answered them,
“Truly, truly, I say to you,
everyone
who commits sin
is the slave of sin.”
The slave does not remain in the house forever;
the son does remain forever.”
So if the Son makes you free,
you will be free indeed.”
I know that you are Abraham’s descendants;
yet you seek to kill Me,
because My word has no place in you.”
I speak the things
which I have seen with My Father;
therefore you also do the things
which you heard from your father.”
They answered and said to Him,
“Abraham is our father.”
Jesus said to them,
“If you are Abraham’s children,
do the deeds of Abraham.”
But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me,
a man who has told you the truth,
which I heard from God;
this Abraham did not do.
“You are doing the deeds of your father.”
They said to Him,
“We were not born of fornication;
we have one Father: God.”
Jesus is the perfect representation of his father#
Jesus said to them,
“If God were your Father,
you would love Me,
for I proceeded forth
and have come from God,
for I have not even come on My own initiative,
but He sent Me.”
The Pharisees are a perfect representation of their father the devil#
Why do you not understand what I am saying?
It is because you cannot hear My word.”
You are of your father the devil,
and you want 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.
Whenever he speaks a lie,
he speaks from his own nature,
for he is a liar and the father of lies.