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33 They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been enslaved to anyone. [a]What do You mean by saying, ‘You will be set free’?”

34 Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, everyone who practices sin habitually is a slave of sin. 35 Now the slave does not remain in a household forever; the son [of the master] does remain forever.

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Footnotes

  1. John 8:33 The Jews did not grasp the difference between being enslaved physically and being enslaved spiritually because of sin.

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