John 8:16 "But even if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.
John 8:17 "Even in your law it has been written that the testimony of two men is true.
John 8:18 "I am He who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me."
John 8:19 So they were saying to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would know My Father also."
John 8:20 These words He spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
John 8:21 ¶ Then He said again to them, "I go away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come."
John 8:22 So the Jews were saying, "Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come'?"
John 8:23 And He was saying to them, "You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.
John 8:24 "Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."
John 8:25 So they were saying to Him, "Who are You?" Jesus said to them, "What have I been saying to you from the beginning?
John 8:26 "I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world."
John 8:27 They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father.
John 8:28 So Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.
John 8:29 "And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him."
John 8:30 As He spoke these things, many came to believe in Him.
John 8:31 ¶ So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, "If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine;
John 8:33 They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, 'You will become free'?"
John 8:34 ¶ Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.
John 8:35 "The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever.
John 8:36 "So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.