8:31 Then Jesus said to those Judeans ¹  who had believed him, “If you continue to follow my teaching, ²  you are really ³  my disciples 8:32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” ⁴  8:33 “We are descendants ⁵  of Abraham,” they replied, ⁶  “and have never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say, ⁷  ‘You will become free’?” 8:34 Jesus answered them, “I tell you the solemn truth, ⁸  everyone who practices ⁹  sin is a slave ¹⁰  of sin. 8:35 The slave does not remain in the family ¹¹  forever, but the son remains forever. ¹²  8:36 So if the son ¹³  sets you free, you will be really free. 8:37 I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. ¹⁴  But you want ¹⁵  to kill me, because my teaching ¹⁶  makes no progress among you. ¹⁷  8:38 I am telling you the things I have seen while with the ¹⁸  Father; ¹⁹  as for you, ²⁰  practice the things you have heard from the ²¹  Father!”

8:39 They answered him, ²²  “Abraham is our father!” ²³  Jesus replied, ²⁴  “If you are ²⁵  Abraham’s children, you would be doing ²⁶  the deeds of Abraham. 8:40 But now you are trying ²⁷  to kill me, a man who has told you ²⁸  the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this! ²⁹  8:41 You people ³⁰  are doing the deeds of your father.”

Then ³¹  they said to Jesus, ³²  “We were not born as a result of immorality! ³³  We have only one Father, God himself.” 8:42 Jesus replied, ³⁴  “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. ³⁵  I ³⁶  have not come on my own initiative, ³⁷  but he ³⁸  sent me. 8:43 Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept ³⁹  my teaching. ⁴⁰  8:44 You people ⁴¹  are from ⁴²  your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. ⁴³  He ⁴⁴  was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, ⁴⁵  because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, ⁴⁶  he speaks according to his own nature, ⁴⁷  because he is a liar and the father of lies. ⁴⁸  8:45 But because I am telling you ⁴⁹  the truth, you do not believe me. 8:46 Who among you can prove me guilty ⁵⁰  of any sin? ⁵¹  If I am telling you ⁵²  the truth, why don’t you believe me? 8:47 The one who belongs to ⁵³  God listens and responds ⁵⁴  to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, ⁵⁵  because you don’t belong to God.” ⁵⁶