New American Standard Bible 1995

John 8:31-38

31So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “1If you continue in My word, then you are truly 2disciples of Mine; 32and 3you will know the truth, and 4the truth will make you free.” 33They answered Him, “5We are Abraham’s descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?”

34Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, 6everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. 35 7The slave does not remain in the house forever; 8the son does remain forever. 36So if the Son 9makes you free, you will be free indeed. 37I know that you are 10Abraham’s descendants; yet 11you seek to kill Me, because My word 12has no place in you. 38I speak the things which I have seen 13with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from 14your father.”

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Notes

1. John 8:31 John 15:7; 2 John 9 ↩
2. John 8:31 John 2:2 ↩
3. John 8:32 John 1:14, 17 ↩
4. John 8:32 John 8:36; Rom 8:2; 2 Cor 3:17; Gal 5:1, 13; James 2:12; 1 Pet 2:16 ↩
5. John 8:33 Matt 3:9; Luke 3:8; John 8:37, 39 ↩
6. John 8:34 Rom 6:16; 2 Pet 2:19 ↩
7. John 8:35 Gen 21:10; Gal 4:30 ↩
8. John 8:35 Luke 15:31 ↩
9. John 8:36 John 8:32 ↩
10. John 8:37 Matt 3:9; John 8:39 ↩
11. John 8:37 John 7:1; 8:40 ↩
12. John 8:37 Or makes no progress ↩
13. John 8:38 Or in the presence of ↩
14. John 8:38 John 8:41, 44 ↩

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