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Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, [then] are ye my disciples indeed

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

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They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never 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, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

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And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: [but] the Son abideth ever.

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

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I know that ye are Abraham's seed but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

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I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

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They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. 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 have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

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Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be 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 proceeded forth and came from God neither came I 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 ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode 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 of it.

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And because I tell [you] the truth, ye believe me not.

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Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

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He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.