John 8:35-59

New King James Version

³⁵ And ^(A)a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. ^36 (B)Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

Abraham’s Seed and Satan’s

³⁷ “I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but ^(C)you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. ^38 (D)I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have ^[a]seen with your father.”

³⁹ They answered and said to Him, ^(E)“Abraham is our father.”

Jesus said to them, ^(F)“If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham. ^40 (G)But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth ^(H)which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. ⁴¹ You do the deeds of your father.”

Then they said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; ^(I)we have one Father—God.”

⁴² Jesus said to them, ^(J)“If God were your Father, you would love Me, for ^(K)I proceeded forth and came from God; ^(L)nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. ^43 (M)Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. ^44 (N)You are of your father the devil, and the ^(O)desires of your father you want to ^(P)do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and ^(Q)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. ⁴⁵ But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. ⁴⁶ Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? ^47 (R)He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.”

Before Abraham Was, I AM

⁴⁸ Then the Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and ^(S)have a demon?”

⁴⁹ Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and ^(T)you dishonor Me. ⁵⁰ And ^(U)I do not seek My own glory; there is One who seeks and judges. ⁵¹ Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(V)if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death.”

⁵² Then the Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You ^(W)have a demon! ^(X)Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word he shall never taste death.’ ⁵³ Are You greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. ^(Y)Who do You make Yourself out to be?”

⁵⁴ Jesus answered, ^(Z)“If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. ^(AA)It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is ^[b]your God. ⁵⁵ Yet ^(AB)you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, ‘I do not know Him,’ I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and ^(AC)keep His word. ⁵⁶ Your father Abraham ^(AD)rejoiced to see My day, ^(AE)and he saw it and was glad.”

⁵⁷ Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?”

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(AF)before Abraham was, ^(AG)I AM.”

⁵⁹ Then ^(AH)they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, ^(AI)going^[c] through the midst of them, and so passed by.