34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, (A)everyone who practices sin is a slave[a] to sin. 35 (B)The slave does not remain in the house forever; (C)the son remains forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet (D)you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. 38 (E)I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard (F)from your father.”

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  1. John 8:34 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 35

34 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.(A) 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.(B) 36 So if the Son sets you free,(C) you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me,(D) because you have no room for my word. 38 I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence,(E) and you are doing what you have heard from your father.[a](F)

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  1. John 8:38 Or presence. Therefore do what you have heard from the Father.