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and He who sent me is with me; the Father did not leave me alone, because I, the things pleasing to Him, do always.'

As he is speaking these things, many believed in him;

Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, `If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth,

They answered him, `Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say--Ye shall become free?'

Jesus answered them, `Verily, verily, I say to you--Every one who is committing sin, is a servant of the sin,

and the servant doth not remain in the house--to the age, the son doth remain--to the age;

if then the son may make you free, in reality ye shall be free.

`I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you;

I--that which I have seen with my Father do speak, and ye, therefore, that which ye have seen with your father--ye do.'

They answered and said to him, `Our father is Abraham;' Jesus saith to them, `If children of Abraham ye were, the works of Abraham ye were doing;

and now, ye seek to kill me--a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not;

ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, `We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have--God;'

Jesus then said to them, `If God were your father, ye were loving me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of myself, but He sent me;

wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.

`And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me.

Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?

The Jews, therefore, answered and said to him, `Do we not say well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?'

Jesus answered, `I have not a demon, but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me;

and I do not seek my own glory; there is who is seeking and is judging;

verily, verily, I say to you, If any one may keep my word, death he may not see--to the age.'

The Jews, therefore, said to him, `Now we have known that thou hast a demon; Abraham did die, and the prophets, and thou dost say, If any one may keep my word, he shall not taste of death--to the age!

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom dost thou make thyself?'

Jesus answered, `If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who is glorifying me, of whom ye say that He is your God;

and ye have not known Him, and I have known Him, and if I say that I have not known Him, I shall be like you--speaking falsely; but I have known Him, and His word I keep;

Abraham, your father, was glad that he might see my day; and he saw, and did rejoice.'