John 8:29-46

29He whoG3588 sentG3992 MeG1473 isG1510 withG3326 MeG1473. He has not leftG3756G863 MeG1473 aloneG3441, becauseG3754 IG1473 alwaysG3842 doG4160 whatG3588 pleasesG701 HimG846.”

30AsG846 Jesus spokeG2980 these thingsG3778, manyG4183 believedG4100 inG1519 HimG846. 31SoG3767 He saidG2036 toG4314 theG3588 JewsG2453 who had believedG4100 HimG846, “IfG1437 youG4771 continueG3306 inG1722 MyG1699 wordG3056, you areG1510 trulyG230 MyG1473 disciplesG3101. 32ThenG2532 you will knowG1097 theG3588 truthG225, andG2532 theG3588 truthG225 will set you freeG1659G4771.”

33“We areG1510 Abraham’sG11 descendantsG4690,” they answeredG611G4314G846. “We have never been slavesG1398G4455 toG3762 anyone. HowG4459 can YouG4771 sayG3004 we will be setG1096 freeG1658?”

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JesusG2424 repliedG611, “TrulyG281, trulyG281, I tellG3004 youG4771, everyoneG3956 whoG3588 sinsG4160G3588G266 isG1510 a slaveG1401 toG3588 sinG266. 35A slaveG1401 does notG3756 remainG3306 inG1722 theG3588 houseG3614 foreverG1519G3588G165, but aG3588 sonG5207 remainsG3306 foreverG1519G3588G165. 36SoG3767 ifG1437 theG3588 SonG5207 sets you freeG4771G1659, you will beG1510 freeG1658 indeedG3689.

37I knowG1492 you areG1510 Abraham’sG11 descendantsG4690, butG235 you are tryingG2212 to killG615 MeG1473 becauseG3754 MyG1699 wordG3056 has no placeG3756G5562 withinG1722 youG4771. 38I speakG2980 of whatG3739 IG1473 have seenG3708 in the presence ofG3844 theG3588 FatherG3962, andG2532 youG4771 doG4160 whatG3739 you have heardG191 fromG3844 your fatherG3962.”

39“AbrahamG11 isG1510 ourG1473 fatherG3962,” they repliedG611G2532G2036G846.

“IfG1487 you wereG1510 childrenG5043 of AbrahamG11,” saidG3004G846 JesusG2424, “you would doG4160 theG3588 worksG2041 of AbrahamG11. 40ButG1161 nowG3568 you are tryingG2212 to killG615 MeG1473, a manG444 whoG3739 has toldG2980 youG4771 theG3588 truthG225 thatG3739 I heardG191 fromG3844 GodG2316. AbrahamG11 neverG3756 didG4160 such a thingG3778. 41YouG4771 are doingG4160 theG3588 worksG2041 ofG3588 yourG4771 fatherG3962.”

“WeG1473 are not illegitimate childrenG3756G1080G1537G4202,” they declaredG2036G846. “OurG2192 onlyG1520 FatherG3962 is GodG2316 Himself.”

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JesusG2424 saidG2036 to themG846, “IfG1487 GodG2316 wereG1510 yourG4771 FatherG3962, you would loveG302G25 MeG1473, forG1063 IG1473 have comeG1831 hereG2240 fromG1537 GodG2316. I have not comeG2064G3761 onG575 My ownG1683, butG235 HeG1565 sentG649 MeG1473.

43WhyG1223G5101 do you not understandG3756G1097 whatG3588 IG1699 am sayingG2981? It is becauseG3754 you are unableG3756G1410 to acceptG191 MyG1699 messageG3056. 44YouG4771 belong toG1510G1537 your fatherG3962, theG3588 devilG1228, andG2532 you wantG2309 to carry outG4160 his desiresG1939. HeG1565 wasG1510 a murdererG443 fromG575 the beginningG746, refusingG3756 to upholdG4739 theG3588 truthG225, becauseG3754 there isG1510 noG3756 truthG225 inG1722 himG846. WhenG3752 he liesG2980G3588G5579, he speaksG2980 his nativeG2398 language, becauseG3754 he isG1510 a liarG5583 andG2532 theG3588 fatherG3962 ofG846 lies. 45ButG1161 becauseG3754 IG1473 speakG3004 theG3588 truthG225, you do not believeG3756G4100 MeG1473!

46WhichG5101 ofG1537 youG4771 can prove Me guiltyG1651G1473 ofG4012 sinG266? IfG1487 I speakG3004 the truthG225, whyG1223G5101 do youG4771 notG3756 believeG4100 MeG1473?