John 8:29-46

29And he that has sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I do always the things that are pleasing to him.

30As he spoke these things many believed on him.

31Jesus therefore said to the Jews who believed him, If ye abide in my word, ye are truly my disciples;

32and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.

33They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never been under bondage to any one; how sayest thou, Ye shall become free?

34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Every one that practises sin is the bondman of sin.

35Now the bondman abides not in the house for ever: the son abides for ever.

36If therefore the Son shall set you free, ye shall be really free.

37I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no entrance in you.

38I speak what I have seen with my Father, and ye then do what ye have seen with your father.

39They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus says to them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham;

40but now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from 1God: this did not Abraham.

41Ye do the works of your father. They said [therefore] to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, 2God.

42Jesus said to them, If 3God were your father ye would have loved me, for I came forth from 4God and am come [from him]; for neither am I come of myself, but he has sent me.

43Why do ye not know my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word.

44Ye are of the devil, as [your] father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father:

45and because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me.

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