John 8:34-40
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Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, g everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.
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h The slave does not remain in the house forever; i the son remains forever.
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So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
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I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet j you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.
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k I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard l from your father."
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They answered him, m "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, n "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,
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but now o you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth p that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
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Cross References
Romans 6:16 - 20
Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
2 Peter 2:19
They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.
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Genesis 21:10
So she said to Abraham, "Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.
Galatians 4:30
But what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.
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Luke 15:31
And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
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John 8:40
But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
John 7:1
After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.
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John 3:32
He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
John 5:19
So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.
John 6:46
Not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father.
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John 8:41
You are doing the works your father did." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father - even God.
John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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John 8:33
They answered him, "We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, 'You will become free'?
John 8:56
Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.
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Galatians 3:7
Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham.
Galatians 3:9
So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
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John 8:37
I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.
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John 8:26
I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.
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