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Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, [then] are ye truly my disciples

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and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

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They answered unto him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

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Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.

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And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever.

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If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

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I know that ye are Abraham's seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

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I speak the things which I have seen with [my] Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from [your] father.

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They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

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But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.

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Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication we have one Father, [even] God.

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Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.

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Why do ye not understand my speech? [Even] because ye cannot hear my word.

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Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

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But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.

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Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why do ye not believe me?

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He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.