John 8:33

Catholic Public Domain Version

They answered him: "We are the offspring of Abraham, and we have never been a slave to anyone. How can you say, 'You shall be set free?' "

Cross References

Genesis 15:13

And it was said to him: "Know beforehand that your future offspring will be sojourners in a land not their own, and they will subjugate them in servitude and afflict them for four hundred years.

Ezra 9:9

For we are servants, yet in our servitude our God has not forsaken us, but he has inclined mercy upon us in the sight of the king of the Persians, so that he may give us life, and may raise up the house of our God, and repair its desolations, and give us a hedge in Judah and Jerusalem.

Leviticus 25:42

For these are my servants, and I led them away from the land of Egypt; let them not be sold into the condition of servitude.

Matthew 3:9

And do not choose to say within yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God has the power to raise up sons to Abraham from these stones.

Luke 3:8

So then, produce fruits worthy of repentance. And do not begin to say, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God has the power to raise up sons to Abraham from these stones.

John 19:25

And standing beside the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister, and Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

John 8:37

I know that you are sons of Abraham. But you are seeking to kill me, because my word has not taken hold in you.

John 8:39

They responded and said to him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them: "If you are the sons of Abraham, then do the works of Abraham.

John 8:43

Why do you not recognize my speech? It is because you are not able to hear my word.

Romans 9:7

And not all sons are the offspring of Abraham: "For your offspring will be invoked in Isaac."

Judges 2:18

And while the Lord was raising up the judges, in their days, he was moved to mercy, and he listened to the groaning of the afflicted, and he freed them from the slaughter of their oppressors.

Judges 3:8

And the Lord, having become angry with Israel, delivered them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim, the king of Mesopotamia, and they served him for eight years.

Judges 4:3

And the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord. For he had nine hundred chariots with scythes, and he vehemently oppressed them for twenty years.