²³ He said to them, ^(A)“You are from below; I am from above. ^(B)You are of this world; ^(C)I am not of this world. ²⁴ I told you that you ^(D)would die in your sins, for ^(E)unless you believe that ^(F)I am he you will die in your sins.” ²⁵ So they said to him, ^(G)“Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. ²⁶ I have much to say about you and much to judge, but ^(H)he who sent me is true, and I declare ^(I)to the world ^(J)what I have heard from him.” ²⁷ They did not understand that ^(K)he had been speaking to them about the Father. ²⁸ So Jesus said to them, “When you have ^(L)lifted up the Son of Man, ^(M)then you will know that ^(N)I am he, and that ^(O)I do nothing on my own authority, but ^(P)speak just as the Father taught me. ²⁹ And ^(Q)he who sent me is with me. ^(R)He has not left me alone, for ^(S)I always do the things that are pleasing to him.” ³⁰ As he was saying these things, ^(T)many believed in him.

The Truth Will Set You Free

³¹ So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ^(U)“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, ³² and you will ^(V)know the truth, and the truth ^(W)will set you free.” ³³ They answered him, ^(X)“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, ^(Y)everyone who practices sin is a slave^[a] to sin. ^35 (Z)The slave does not remain in the house forever; ^(AA)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 ^(AB)you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. ^38 (AC)I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard ^(AD)from your father.”