32 and you will (A)know the truth, and the truth (B)will set you free.” 33 They answered him, (C)“We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”

34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, (D)everyone who practices sin is a slave[a] to sin.

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Footnotes

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

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