23. And He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above. You are of this world, I am not of this world.
24. “Therefore I said to you that you shall die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am He, you shall die in your sins.”
25. Then they said to Him, “Who are You?” And יהושע said to them, “Altogether that which I even say to you!
26. “I have much to say and to judge concerning you. But He who sent Me is true, and what I heard from Him, these Words I speak to the world.”
27. They did not know that He spoke to them of the Father.
28. So יהושע said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Aḏam, then you shall know that I am He, and that I do none at all of Myself, but as My Father taught Me, these words I speak.
29. “And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do what pleases Him.”
30. As He was speaking these words, many believed in Him.
31. So יהושע said to those Yehuḏim who believed Him, “If you stay in My Word, you are truly My taught ones,
32. and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
33. They answered Him, “We are the seed of Aḇraham, and have been servants to no one at any time. How do you say, ‘You shall become free’?”
34. יהושע answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone doing sin is a servant of sin.
35. “And the servant does not stay in the house forever – a son stays forever.
36. “If, then, the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.
37. “I know that you are the seed of Aḇraham, but you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.
38. “I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
39. They answered and said to Him, “Aḇraham is our father.” יהושע said to them, “If you were Aḇraham’s children, you would do the works of Aḇraham.