John 8:33
“We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set 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?
They answered him, “We are Abraham’s offspring, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, ‘You will be made free’?”
They answered unto him, We are Abraham’s seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- We be
- John 8:39; Leviticus 25:42; Matthew 3:9; Luke 16:24–26
- and were
- John 19:25; Genesis 15:13; Exodus 1:13, 14; Judges 2:18; Judges 3:8; Judges 4:3; Ezra 9:9; Nehemiah 5:4–8; Nehemiah 9:27, 28, 36, 37