26. I have much to say about you in condemnation. But the one who sent me is true, and what I heard from him I tell the world.”
27. They did not realize that he was speaking to them of the Father.
28. So Jesus said (to them), “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own, but I say only what the Father taught me.
29. The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him.”
30. Because he spoke this way, many came to believe in him.
31. Jesus then said to those Jews who believed in him, “If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples,
32. and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
33. They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will become free’?”