“Today salvation(A) has come to this house,” Jesus told him, “because he too is a son of Abraham.(B)

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31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word,[a](A) you really are My disciples. 32 You will know the truth,(B) and the truth will set you free.”

33 “We are descendants[b] of Abraham,”(C) they answered Him, “and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will become free’?”

34 Jesus responded, “I assure you: Everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.(D) 35 A slave does not remain in the household forever,(E) but a son does remain forever.(F) 36 Therefore, if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. 37 I know you are descendants[c] of Abraham,(G) but you are trying to kill Me because My word[d] is not welcome among you. 38 I speak what I have seen(H) in the presence of the Father;[e](I) therefore, you do what you have heard from your father.”

39 “Our father is Abraham!” they replied.

“If you were Abraham’s children,” Jesus told them, “you would do what Abraham did.(J) 40 But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth(K) that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this! 41 You’re doing what your father does.”(L)

“We weren’t born(M) of sexual immorality,”(N) they said. “We have one Father—God.”(O)

42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me,(P) because I came from God(Q) and I am here. For I didn’t come on My own, but He sent Me. 43 Why don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to[f] My word.(R) 44 You are of your father the Devil,(S) and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer(T) from the beginning(U) and has not stood in the truth,(V) because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature,[g] because he is a liar and the father of liars.[h] 45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. 46 Who among you can convict Me of sin?(W) If I tell the truth, why don’t you believe Me? 47 The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you don’t listen, because you are not from God.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 8:31 Or My teaching, or My message
  2. John 8:33 Or offspring; lit seed; Jn 7:42
  3. John 8:37 Or offspring; lit seed; Jn 7:42
  4. John 8:37 Or My teaching, or My message
  5. John 8:38 Other mss read of My Father
  6. John 8:43 Or cannot hear
  7. John 8:44 Lit from his own things
  8. John 8:44 Lit of it

26 “Brothers, sons of Abraham’s race, and those among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.(A)

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11 And he received the sign of circumcision(A) as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith[a](B) while still uncircumcised. This was to make him the father(C) of all who believe(D) but are not circumcised, so that righteousness may be credited to them also.

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  1. Romans 4:11 Lit righteousness of faith

16 This is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace,(A) to guarantee it to all the descendants(B)—not only to those who are of the law[a] but also to those who are of Abraham’s faith. He is the father of us all

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  1. Romans 4:16 Or not to those who are of the law only

then understand that those who have faith are Abraham’s sons.(A)

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