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.
40. “But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has spoken to you the truth which I heard from Elohim. Aḇraham did not do this.
41. “You do the works of your father.” Then they said to Him, “We were not born of whoring, we have one Father: Elohim.”