John 8:31–47

³¹Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed him: If you continue in my word, you shall be my disciples indeed.

³²And you shall know the truth: and the truth shall make you free.

³³They answered him: We are the seed of Abraham: and we have never been slaves to any man. How sayest thou: You shall be free?

³⁴Jesus answered them: Amen, amen, I say unto you that whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

³⁵Now the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the son abideth for ever.

³⁶If therefore the son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.

³⁷I know that you are the children of Abraham: but you seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

³⁸I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do the things that you have seen with your father.

³⁹They answered and said to him: Abraham is our father. Jesus saith them: If you be the children of Abraham, do the works of Abraham.

⁴⁰But now you seek to kill me, a man who have spoken the truth to you, which I have heard of God. This Abraham did not.

⁴¹You do the works of your father. They said therefore to him: We are not born of fornication: we have one Father, even God.

⁴²Jesus therefore said to them: If God were your Father, you would indeed love me. For from God I proceeded and came. For I came not of myself: but he sent me.

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

⁴⁴You are of your father the devil: and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning: and he stood not in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

⁴⁵But if I say the truth, you believe me not.

⁴⁶Which of you shall convince me of sin? If I say the truth to you, why do you not believe me:

⁴⁷He that is of God heareth the words of God. Therefore you hear them not, because you are not of God.