John 8:31-38

English Standard Version

The Truth Will Set You Free

³¹So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ^(A)“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, ³²and you will ^(B)know the truth, and the truth ^(C)will set you free.” ³³They answered him, ^(D)“We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”

³⁴Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(E)everyone who practices sin is a slave^[a] to sin. ³⁵^(F)The slave does not remain in the house forever; ^(G)the son remains forever. ³⁶So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. ³⁷I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet ^(H)you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. ³⁸^(I)I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard ^(J)from your father.”