John 8:31–47

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 God: 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, God. ⁴²Jesus said to them, If God were your father ye would have loved me, for I came forth from God 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? ⁴⁷He that is of God hears the words of God: therefore ye hear them not, because ye are not of God.