NAS - John 8:21-47

²¹Then He said again to them, "I go away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come."²²So the Jews were saying, "Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, `Where I am going, you cannot come'?" ²³And He was saying to them, "You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.²⁴"Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."²⁵So they were saying to Him, "Who are You?" Jesus said to them, "What have I been saying to you from the beginning?²⁶"I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world."²⁷They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father. ²⁸So Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.²⁹"And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him."³⁰As He spoke these things, many came to believe in Him.

The Truth Will Make You Free

³¹So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, "If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine;³²and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."³³They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, `You will become free'?"

³⁴Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.³⁵"The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever.³⁶"So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.³⁷"I know that you are Abraham's descendants; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.³⁸"I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father."

³⁹They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus *said to them, "If you are Abraham's children, do the deeds of Abraham.⁴⁰"But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.⁴¹"You are doing the deeds of your father."They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God." ⁴²Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.⁴³"Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word.⁴⁴"You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.⁴⁵"But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.⁴⁶"Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me?⁴⁷"He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God."