3 [8:30]When he said these things many believed on him. [8:31]Then Jesus said to the Jews who believed on him, If you continue in my word, you are my disciples indeed; [8:32]and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. [8:33]They answered him, We are children of Abraham, and were never in servitude to any one; how say you, You shall become free? [8:34]Jesus answered them, I tell you most truly, that every one who commits sin is a servant of the sin. [8:35]But the servant continues not in the house for ever; the Son continues for ever. [8:36]If, therefore, the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. [8:37]I know that you are children of Abraham; but you seek to kill me because my word has no place in you. [8:38]What I have seen with my Father I speak, and you also do what you have heard from your father. [8:39]They answered and said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were children of Abraham, you would have done the works of Abraham; [8:40]but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I have heard from God; Abraham did not do this. [8:41]You do the works of your father. They said to him, We were not born by fornication, we have one father, God. [8:42]Jesus said to them, If God was your father you would have loved me; for I came forth and come from God; for I came not of myself, but he sent me. [8:43]Why do you not understand my speech? because you cannot hear my word. [8:44]You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning and stood not by the truth; for truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own; for he is a liar, and the father of him [that lies]. [8:45]But because I tell you the truth you believe me not. [8:46]Who of you convicts me of a sin? If I say the truth, why do you not believe me? [8:47]He that is of God hears the words of God; you, therefore, hear not, because you are not of God.