They answered him, 'Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say -- Ye shall become free?'

'I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you;

They answered and said to him, 'Our father is Abraham;' Jesus saith to them, 'If children of Abraham ye were, the works of Abraham ye were doing;

and now, ye seek to kill me -- a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not;

The Jews, therefore, said to him, 'Now we have known that thou hast a demon; Abraham did die, and the prophets, and thou dost say, If any one may keep my word, he shall not taste of death -- to the age!

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom dost thou make thyself?'

Abraham, your father, was glad that he might see my day; and he saw, and did rejoice.'

The Jews, therefore, said unto him, 'Thou art not yet fifty years old, and Abraham hast thou seen?'

Jesus said to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming -- I am;'