John 8:30-47 - Truth And Freedom
30 Even while He was saying this, many believed in Him. 31 So Jesus said to the Jews who believed in Him, "If you live in accordance with what I teach, you are really my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free."
33 They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants and we never have been anybody's slaves. How can you say to us, 'You will be set free'?"
34 Jesus answered them, "I most solemnly say to you, everyone who lives in sin is a slave of sin. 35 Now a slave does not live permanently in a household, but a son does. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be really free. 37 I know that you are Abraham's descendants, and yet you are trying to kill me, because there is no room in you for my teaching. 38 I am telling you what I have seen in my Father's presence, and you are practicing what you have learned from your father."
39 They answered Him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you are Abraham's children, you must be practicing what Abraham did. 40 But right now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that He has learned from God. Abraham never did that. 41 You are practicing what your real father does." They said to Him, "We are not illegitimate children; we have one Father, even God."
42 Then Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. No, indeed, I have not come on my own authority, but He has sent me. 43 Why is it that you misunderstand what I say? It is because you cannot listen to what I teach. 44 You sprang from the devil, your real father, and you want to practice your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the very start, and he does not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks out of his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Who of you can prove me guilty of sin? But if I do tell you the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 Whoever is sprung from God listens to what God says. This is why you do not listen to me: you are not sprung from God."