Parallel Verses
Twentieth Century New Testament
And a slave does not remain in the home always; but a son remains always.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
The slave does not remain in the household forever, but the son does remain forever.
A Conservative Version
And the bondman does not remain in the house into the age. The Son remains into the age.
American Standard Version
And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Now the slave does not remain part of the family forever, [but] the son does.
Anderson New Testament
The servant continues not in the house forever; but the Son continues forever.
Bible in Basic English
Now the servant does not go on living in the house for ever, but the son does.
Common New Testament
And a slave does not continue in the house forever, but a son continues forever.
Daniel Mace New Testament
a slave has no right to be in the house for life: but the son is settled there.
Darby Translation
Now the bondman abides not in the house for ever: the son abides for ever.
Godbey New Testament
But the slave abides not in the house forever; the Son abides forever.
Goodspeed New Testament
Now a slave does not belong to a household permanently; but a son does.
John Wesley New Testament
And the slave abideth not in the house for ever; but the Son abideth ever.
Julia Smith Translation
And the servant remains not in the house forever; the Son remains forever.
King James 2000
And the servant abides not in the house forever: but the Son abides ever.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the slave does not remain in the household {forever}; the son remains {forever}.
Modern King James verseion
And the slave does not abide in the house forever, but the Son abides forever.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the servant abideth not in the house forever: But the son abideth ever.
Moffatt New Testament
Now the slave does not remain in the household for all time; the son of the house does.
Montgomery New Testament
"Now the slave does not remain permanently in the household, but the son does remain.
NET Bible
The slave does not remain in the family forever, but the son remains forever.
New Heart English Bible
A bondservant does not live in the house forever. A son remains forever.
Noyes New Testament
And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever; the son abideth for ever.
Sawyer New Testament
But the servant continues not in the house for ever; the Son continues for ever.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, the slave, doth not abide in the house, evermore. The Son, abideth, evermore.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But the slave abideth not in the family for ever: but the son abideth for ever.
Webster
And the servant abideth not in the house for ever, but the Son abideth for ever.
Weymouth New Testament
Now a slave does not remain permanently in his master's house, but a son does.
Williams New Testament
Now a slave does not live permanently in a household, but a son does.
World English Bible
A bondservant doesn't live in the house forever. A son remains forever.
Worrell New Testament
And the slave abides not in the house forever; the son abides forever.
Worsley New Testament
Now the servant does not continue always in the family: but the Son abideth always.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the servant doth not remain in the house -- to the age, the son doth remain -- to the age;
Themes
Abraham » How regarded by his descendants
Self-righteousness » Instances of » Pharisees
Topics
Interlinear
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Usage: 85
References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 8:35
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Truth Will Set You Free
34 "In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "every one who sins is a slave to sin. 35 And a slave does not remain in the home always; but a son remains always. 36 If, then, the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!
Names
Cross References
Matthew 21:41-43
"Miserable wretches!" they exclaimed, "he will put them to a miserable death, and he will let out the vineyard to other tenants, who will pay him his share of the produce at the proper times."
Luke 15:31
'Child,' the father answered, 'you are always with me, and everything that I have is yours.
John 14:19-20
In a little while the world will see me no more, but you will still see me; because I am living, you will be living also.
Romans 8:15-17
For you did not receive the spirit of a slave, to fill you once more with fear, but the spirit of a son which leads us to cry 'Abba, Our Father.'
Romans 8:29-30
For those whom God chose from the first he also destined from the first to be transformed into likeness to his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest among many Brothers.
Galatians 4:4-7
But, when the full time came, God sent his Son--born a woman's child, born subject to Law--
Galatians 4:30-31
But what does the passage of Scripture say? 'Send away the slave-woman and her son; for the slave's son shall not be co-heir with the son of the free woman.'
Colossians 3:3
For you died, and your Life now lies hidden, with the Christ, in God.
Hebrews 3:5-6
While the faithful service of Moses in the whole House of God was that of a servant, whose duty was to bear testimony to a Message still to come,
1 Peter 1:2-5
and who were chosen in accordance with the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the consecration of the Spirit, to learn obedience, and to be purified by the sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus Christ, from Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ. May blessing and peace be yours in ever-increasing measure.