John 8:28-59

Darby Translation

²⁸ Jesus therefore said to them, When ye shall have lifted up the Son of man, then ye shall know that I am [he], and [that] I do nothing of myself, but as the Father has taught me I speak these things.

²⁹ And he that has sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I do always the things that are pleasing to him.

³⁰ As he spoke these things many believed on him.

³¹ Jesus therefore said to the Jews who believed him, If ye abide in my word, ye are truly my disciples;

³² and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.

³³ They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never been under bondage to any one; how sayest thou, Ye shall become free?

³⁴ Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Every one that practises sin is the bondman of sin.

³⁵ Now the bondman abides not in the house for ever: the son abides for ever.

³⁶ If therefore the Son shall set you free, ye shall be really free.

³⁷ I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no entrance in you.

³⁸ I speak what I have seen with my Father, and ye then do what ye have seen with your father.

³⁹ They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus says to them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham;

⁴⁰ but now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.

⁴¹ Ye do the works of your father. They said [therefore] to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, God.

⁴² Jesus said to them, If God were your father ye would have loved me, for I came forth from God and am come [from him]; for neither am I come of myself, but *he* has sent me.

⁴³ Why do ye not know my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word.

⁴⁴ Ye are of the devil, as [your] father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father:

⁴⁵ and because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me.

⁴⁶ Which of you convinces me of sin? If I speak truth, why do ye not believe me?

⁴⁷ He that is of God hears the words of God: therefore ye hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.

⁴⁸ The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan and hast a demon?

⁴⁹ Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me.

⁵⁰ But I do not seek my own glory: there is he that seeks and judges.

⁵¹ Verily, verily, I say unto you, If any one shall keep my word, he shall never see death.

⁵² The Jews therefore said to him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham has died, and the prophets, and thou sayest, If any one keep my word, he shall never taste death.

⁵³ Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who has died? and the prophets have died: whom makest thou thyself?

⁵⁴ Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who glorifies me, [of] whom ye say, He is our God.

⁵⁵ And ye know him not; but I know him; and if I said, I know him not, I should be like you, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word.

⁵⁶ Your father Abraham exulted in that he should see my day, and he saw and rejoiced.

⁵⁷ The Jews therefore said to him, Thou hast not yet fifty years, and hast thou seen Abraham?

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

⁵⁹ They took up therefore stones that they might cast [them] at him; but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, [going through the midst of them, and thus passed on.]