This
is about Abraham's true descendants
it starts with
John:8:31: and finishes with John:8:59:.
Then
said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him,
If
ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you
free.
They answered him,
We
be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man:
how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
Jesus answered them,
Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the
servant of sin.
And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but
the Son abideth ever.
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be
free indeed.
I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me,
because my word hath no place in you.
I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do
that which ye have seen with your father.
They
answered and said unto him,
Abraham is our father.
Jesus
saith unto them,
If
ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of
Abraham.
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the
truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
Ye do the deeds of your father.
Then
said they to him,
We
be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Jesus
said unto them,
If
God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded
forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he
sent me.
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye
cannot hear my word.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your
father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning,
and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in
him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for
he is a liar, and the father of it.
And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth,
why do ye not believe me?
He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear
them not, because ye are not of God.
Then
answered the Jews, and said unto him,
Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a
devil?
Jesus
answered,
I
have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do
dishonour me.
And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh
and judgeth.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying,
he shall never see death.
Then
said the Jews unto him,
Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and
the prophets; and thou sayestsaying, he shall never taste
of death.
, If a man keep my Art thou greater than our father
Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom
makest thou thyself?
Jesus
answered,
If
I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father
that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I
should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto
you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it,
and was glad.
Then
said the Jews unto him,
Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen
Abraham?
Jesus
said unto them,
Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
Then
took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself,
and went out of the temple,
going through the midst of them, and so passed by..
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