Discipleship and True Freedom

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So Yeshua said to the Judeans who had trusted him, “If you obey what I say, then you are really my talmidim,

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you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

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They answered, “We are the seed of Avraham and have never been slaves to anyone; so what do you mean by saying, ‘You will be set free’?”

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Yeshua answered them, “Yes, indeed! I tell you that everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin.

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Now a slave does not remain with a family forever, but a son does remain with it forever.

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So if the Son frees you, you will really be free!

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I know you are the seed of Avraham. Yet you are out to kill me, because what I am saying makes no headway in you.

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I say what my Father has shown me; you do what your father has told you!”

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They answered him, “Our father is Avraham.” Yeshua replied, “If you are children of Avraham, then do the things Avraham did!

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As it is, you are out to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Avraham did nothing like that!

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You are doing the things your father does.” “We’re not illegitimate children!” they said to him. “We have only one Father — God!”

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Yeshua replied to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me; because I came out from God; and now I have arrived here. I did not come on my own; he sent me.

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Why don’t you understand what I’m saying? Because you can’t bear to listen to my message.

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