Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Jesus answered them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.
New American Standard Bible
Jesus answered them,
King James Version
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
Holman Bible
Jesus responded,
A Conservative Version
Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, that every man who does the sin is a bondman of the sin.
American Standard Version
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.
Amplified
Jesus answered,
An Understandable Version
Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.
Anderson New Testament
Jesus answered them: Verily, verily I say to you, whoever works sin is the servant of sin.
Bible in Basic English
And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.
Common New Testament
Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Jesus answered them, I declare unto you, whosoever committeth sin, is a slave to sin.
Darby Translation
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Every one that practises sin is the bondman of sin.
Godbey New Testament
Jesus responded to them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, That every one doing sin is the slave of sin.
Goodspeed New Testament
Jesus answered, "I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.
John Wesley New Testament
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily I say unto you, he that practiseth sin, is the slave of sin:
Julia Smith Translation
Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, say I to you, That every one doing sin, is servant of sin.
King James 2000
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever commits sin is the servant of sin.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Jesus replied to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.
Modern King James verseion
Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Whoever practices sin is the slave of sin.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Jesus answered them, "Verily, verily I say unto you, That whosoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin.
Moffatt New Testament
Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave.
Montgomery New Testament
"In solemn truth I tell you," Jesus replied, "every one who commits sin is a slave
NET Bible
Jesus answered them, "I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin.
New Heart English Bible
Jesus answered them, "Truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.
Noyes New Testament
Jesus answered them, Truly, truly do I say to you, Every one that committeth sin is a bondservant of sin.
Sawyer New Testament
Jesus answered them, I tell you most truly, that every one who commits sin is a servant of the sin.
The Emphasized Bible
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you: Every one who committeth sin, is, a slave, of sin:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, That every one who committeth sin is the slave of sin.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "every one who sins is a slave to sin.
Webster
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Whoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin.
Weymouth New Testament
"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that every one who commits sin is the slave of sin.
Williams New Testament
Jesus answered them, "I most solemnly say to you, everyone who lives in sin is a slave of sin.
World English Bible
Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.
Worrell New Testament
Jesus answered them, "Verily, verily, I say to you, every one who commits sin is a slave of sin.
Worsley New Testament
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily I say unto you, whosoever maketh a practice of sin, is the servant of sin.
Youngs Literal Translation
Jesus answered them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you -- Every one who is committing sin, is a servant of the sin,
Themes
Abraham » How regarded by his descendants
Bondage, spiritual » General references to the bondage of sin
Bondage, spiritual » Is to sin
Christian Liberty » The wicked devoid of
Self-righteousness » Instances of » Pharisees
Servants » Who is the servant of sin
Sin » General references to the bondage of sin
Sin » Who is the servant of sin
Sin » The wicked » Servants to
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Bondage
Topics
Interlinear
Pas
Devotionals
Devotionals about John 8:34
Devotionals containing John 8:34
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 8:34
Images John 8:34
Prayers for John 8:34
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Truth Will Set You Free
33 They replied to him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves to anybody. So how can you say, "You will be set free'?" 34 Jesus answered them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. 35 The slave does not remain in the household forever, but the son does remain forever.
Phrases
Cross References
Romans 6:16
Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
2 Peter 2:19
Promising them freedom, they themselves are slaves to depravity, for a person is a slave to whatever conquers him.
John 3:3
Jesus replied to him, "Truly, I tell you emphatically, unless a person is born from above he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Romans 6:19-20
I am speaking in simple terms because of the frailty of your human nature. Just as you once offered the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to greater and greater disobedience, so now, in the same way, you must offer the parts of your body as slaves to righteousness that leads to sanctification.
Titus 3:3
After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.
1 Kings 21:25
It can be truly said that no one else sold himself to practice what the LORD considered to be evil quite like the way Ahab did, because his wife Jezebel incited him.
Proverbs 5:22
The wicked person's iniquities will capture him, and he will be held with the cords of his sin.
Matthew 5:18
because I tell all of you with certainty that until heaven and earth disappear, not one letter or one stroke of a letter will disappear from the Law until everything has been accomplished.
Acts 8:23
For I see that you're being poisoned by bitterness and you're a prisoner of wickedness!"
Romans 6:6
We know that our old natures were crucified with him so that our sin-laden bodies might be rendered powerless and we might no longer be slaves to sin.
Romans 6:12
Therefore, do not let sin rule your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires.
Romans 7:14
For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am merely human, sold as a slave to sin.
Romans 7:25
Thank God through Jesus the Messiah, our Lord, because with my mind I myself can serve the Law of God, even while with my human nature I serve the law of sin.
Romans 8:21
that the creation itself would also be set free from corrupting bondage in order to share the glorious freedom of God's children.
Ephesians 2:2
that you once practiced as you lived according to the ways of this present world and according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now active in those who are disobedient.
1 John 3:8-10
The person who practices sin belongs to the evil one, because the Devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason that the Son of God was revealed was to destroy what the Devil has been doing.