33. They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”
34. Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
35. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
36. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
37. I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you have no room for my word.
38. I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your father. ”
39. “Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would do what Abraham did.