Then they asked Jesus,
“Who are you?”
Jesus said to them,
“I have told you who I am from the beginning. I have many things to say and to judge concerning you.
He who sent me is true and the things that I heard from him are the things I am telling the world.”
Finally! They understood that Jesus was speaking of God the Father.
Jesus said to them,
“When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but I only do what the Father has taught me.
The one who has sent me has not left me alone, and I always do the things that please him.”
As Jesus spoke these words, many believed Him.
Jesus said to the Jews from Jerusalem who had believed Him,
“If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples and you will know the truth and the truth will make you free.”
They answered Jesus,
“We are Abraham’s seed and have never been in bondage to any man. What do you mean when you say, ‘You will be made free?’”
Jesus answered,
“Everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not live in the house forever, but the Son lives forever.
So if the Son shall make you free, you will be free indeed.
I know you are Abraham’s seed, yet you are trying to kill me because my words have not changed your hearts.
I speak about things that I have seen with my father, and you do the things that you have heard from your father.”
They answered Jesus,
“Our father is Abraham.”
Jesus said to them,
“If you really were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.
But now you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I have heard from God. Abraham would not act this way. You do the works of your Father.”
They said to him,
“We were not born out of an act of fornication, we have one Father, even God.”
