Chapter 8

31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, If you abide in My word, you are truly My disciples;  32 and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.  33 They answered Him, We are Abraham’s seed and have never yet been enslaved to anyone. How is it that You say, You shall become free?  34 Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.  35 And the slave does not abide in the house forever; the son does abide forever.  36 If therefore the Son sets you free, you shall be free indeed.

  37 I know that you are Abraham’s seed; but you seek to kill Me because My word has no place in you.  38 I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; so then, you also do the things which you have heard from your father.  39 They answered and said to Him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.  40 But now you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God; Abraham did not do this.  41 You do the works of your father. They then said to Him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, God.  42 Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love Me; for I came forth out from God and have come from Him; for I have not come of Myself, but He sent Me.  43 Why do you not understand My speaking? It is because you cannot hear My word.  44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks it out of his own possessions; for he is a liar and the father of it.  45 But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.  46 Which of you convicts Me of sin? Since I speak truth, why do you not believe Me?  47 He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.

  48 The Jews answered and said to Him, Have we not spoken well in saying that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?  49 Jesus answered, I do not have a demon, but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.  50 But I do not seek My glory; there is One who seeks glory for Me and judges.  51 Truly, truly, I say to you, If anyone keeps My word, he shall by no means see death forever.

  52 The Jews therefore said to Him, Now we know that You have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets too; yet You say, If anyone keeps My word, he shall by no means taste death forever.  53 Are You greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died too. Who are You making Yourself?  54 Jesus answered, If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say that He is your God.  55 Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say that I do not know Him, I will be like you, a liar; but I do know Him and I keep His word.  56 Your father Abraham exulted that he would see My day, and he saw it and rejoiced.  57 The Jews then said to Him, You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?  58 Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I am.  59 So they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple.