John 8:32

And you shall know the truth: and the truth shall make you free.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

In Context

31Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed him: If you continue in my word, you shall be my disciples indeed.

33They answered him: We are the seed of Abraham: and we have never been slaves to any man. How sayest thou: You shall be free?

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Cross References

Psalms 25:5I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit.

Proverbs 1:29Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,

Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards, and increaseth even to perfect day.

Isaiah 2:3And many people shall go, and say: Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall come forth from Sion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Isaiah 35:8And a path and a way shall be there, and it shall be called the holy way: the unclean shall not pass over it, and this shall be unto you a straight way, so that fools shall not err therein.

Matthew Henry on John 8:32-38

Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. 35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son… Read the whole commentary →

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