15 I come to manifest the Christ to men and you receive me not, and you will dwell in darkness and in the shadow of the grave till you believe the words I speak.
16 But you will vilify the son of man, and lift him up and laugh to see him die.
17 But then a little light will come and you will know that I am what I am.
18 The people did not comprehend the meaning of the words he spoke.
19 And then he spoke unto the people who believed in him and said, If you abide in Christ, and Christ abide in you, and if you keep my words within your heart,
20 You are the way, you are disciples in the way, and you shall know what is the truth, and truth shall make you free.
21 And still the people did not understand; they said, We are the seed of Abraham and are already free; we never were the slaves of any man; why do you say, We shall be free?
22 And Jesus said, Do you not know that every one committing sin is slave of sin? abides in bondage unto sin?
23 If you sin not then you are free; but if you sin in thought, or word, or deed, then you are slaves, and naught but truth can set you free; if you are free through Christ, then you are free indeed.
24 You are the seed of Abraham, and yet you seek to kill me just because I speak the truth of Abraham.
25 You are the children of the flesh of Abraham; but, lo, I say, There is a spiritual Abraham whom you know not.
26 In spirit you are children of your father, and your father is Diabolus; you hang upon his words and do his will.
27 He was a murderer from the first; he cannot tell the truth, and when he tells a lie he speaks his own; he is himself a lie, and he is father of himself.
28 If you were children of my Father-God, then you could hear the words of God; I speak the words of God, but you can hear them not.
29 A Pharisee stood forth and said, This fellow is not one of us; he is a curst Samaritan and is obsessed.
30 But Jesus heeded not the words of Pharisee or scribe; he knew that all the people knew he was a Jew.
31 And then he said, Whoever keeps my words shall never die.
32 A lawyer said, And now we know he is obsessed. Our father Abraham is dead; the prophets all are dead, and yet this fellow says, Whoever keeps my words shall never die.
33 Is this man greater than our father Abraham? Is he above the prophets? and all of them are dead.