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Then said Iesus to those Iewes which beleeued on him, If ye continue in my word, then are yee my disciples indeed.

And ye shall know the Trueth, and the Trueth shall make you free.

They answered him, We be Abraham seed, and were neuer in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Yee shall be made free?

Iesus answered them, Uerily, verily I say vnto you, Whosoeuer committeth sinne, is the seruant of sinne.

And the seruant abideth not in the house for euer: but the Sonne abideth euer.

If the Sonne therfore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

I know that yee are Abrahams seed, but ye seeke to kill mee, because my word hath no place in you.

I speake that which I haue seene with my Father: and ye do that which ye haue seene with your father.

They answered, and said vnto him, Abraham is our father. Iesus sayth vnto them, If yee were Abrahams children, ye would doe the works of Abraham.

But now yee seeke to kill me, a man that hath tolde you the trueth, which I haue heard of God: this did not Abraham.

Ye doe the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not borne of fornication, wee haue one Father, euen God.

Iesus said vnto them, If God were your Father, yee would loue me, for I proceeded foorth, and came from God: neither came I of my selfe, but he sent me.

Why doe yee not vnderstand my speech? euen because yee cannot heare my word.

Ye are of your father the deuill, and the lusts of your father ye will doe: hee was a murtherer from the beginning, and abode not in the trueth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his owne: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

And because I tell you the truth, ye beleeue me not.

Which of you conuinceth mee of sinne? And if I say the trueth, why doe ye not beleeue me?

He that is of God, heareth Gods words: ye therefore heare them not, because ye are not of God.

Then answered the Iewes, and said vnto him, Say wee not well that thou art a Samaritane, & hast a deuill?

Iesus answered, I haue not a deuill: but I honour my Father, and ye doe dishonour me.

And I seeke not mine owne glory, there is one that seeketh & iudgeth.

Uerely, verely I say vnto you, If a man keepe my saying, hee shall neuer see death.

Then said the Iewes vnto him, Now we know that thou hast a deuill. Abraham is dead, and the Prophets: and thou sayest, If a man keepe my saying, he shall neuer taste of death.

Art thou greater then our father Abraham, which is dead? and the Prophets are dead: whom makest thou thy selfe?

Iesus answered, If I honour myselfe, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me, of whom ye say, that he is your God:

Yet ye haue not knowen him, but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shalbe a lyar like vnto you: but I know him, and keepe his saying.

Your father Abraham reioyced to see my day: and he saw it, & was glad.

Then said the Iewes vnto him, Thou art not yet fiftie yeeres olde, and hast thou seene Abraham?

Iesus said vnto them, Uerely, verely I say vnto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Then tooke they vp stones to cast at him: but Iesus hidde himselfe, and went out of the Temple, going thorow the midst of them, and so passed by.