Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave.
New American Standard Bible
Jesus answered them,
King James Version
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
Holman Bible
Jesus responded,
International Standard Version
Jesus answered them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.
A Conservative Version
Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, that every man who does the sin is a bondman of the sin.
American Standard Version
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.
Amplified
Jesus answered,
An Understandable Version
Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.
Anderson New Testament
Jesus answered them: Verily, verily I say to you, whoever works sin is the servant of sin.
Bible in Basic English
And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.
Common New Testament
Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Jesus answered them, I declare unto you, whosoever committeth sin, is a slave to sin.
Darby Translation
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Every one that practises sin is the bondman of sin.
Godbey New Testament
Jesus responded to them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, That every one doing sin is the slave of sin.
Goodspeed New Testament
Jesus answered, "I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.
John Wesley New Testament
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily I say unto you, he that practiseth sin, is the slave of sin:
Julia Smith Translation
Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, say I to you, That every one doing sin, is servant of sin.
King James 2000
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever commits sin is the servant of sin.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Jesus replied to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.
Modern King James verseion
Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Whoever practices sin is the slave of sin.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Jesus answered them, "Verily, verily I say unto you, That whosoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin.
Montgomery New Testament
"In solemn truth I tell you," Jesus replied, "every one who commits sin is a slave
NET Bible
Jesus answered them, "I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin.
New Heart English Bible
Jesus answered them, "Truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.
Noyes New Testament
Jesus answered them, Truly, truly do I say to you, Every one that committeth sin is a bondservant of sin.
Sawyer New Testament
Jesus answered them, I tell you most truly, that every one who commits sin is a servant of the sin.
The Emphasized Bible
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you: Every one who committeth sin, is, a slave, of sin:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, That every one who committeth sin is the slave of sin.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "every one who sins is a slave to sin.
Webster
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Whoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin.
Weymouth New Testament
"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that every one who commits sin is the slave of sin.
Williams New Testament
Jesus answered them, "I most solemnly say to you, everyone who lives in sin is a slave of sin.
World English Bible
Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.
Worrell New Testament
Jesus answered them, "Verily, verily, I say to you, every one who commits sin is a slave of sin.
Worsley New Testament
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily I say unto you, whosoever maketh a practice of sin, is the servant of sin.
Youngs Literal Translation
Jesus answered them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you -- Every one who is committing sin, is a servant of the sin,
Themes
Abraham » How regarded by his descendants
Bondage, spiritual » General references to the bondage of sin
Bondage, spiritual » Is to sin
Christian Liberty » The wicked devoid of
Self-righteousness » Instances of » Pharisees
Servants » Who is the servant of sin
Sin » General references to the bondage of sin
Sin » Who is the servant of sin
Sin » The wicked » Servants to
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Bondage
Topics
Interlinear
Pas
Devotionals
Devotionals about John 8:34
Devotionals containing John 8:34
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 8:34
Images John 8:34
Prayers for John 8:34
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Truth Will Set You Free
33 "We are Abraham's offspring," they retorted, "we have never been slaves to anybody. What do you mean by saying, 'You will be free'?" 34 Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave. 35 Now the slave does not remain in the household for all time; the son of the house does.
Phrases
Cross References
Romans 6:16
Do you not know you are the servants of the master you obey, of the master to whom you yield yourselves obedient, whether it is Sin, whose service ends in death, or Obedience, whose service ends in righteousness?
John 3:3
Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, no one can see God's Realm unless he is born from above."
Romans 6:19-20
(I use this human analogy to bring the truth home to your weak nature.) As you once dedicated your members to the service of vice and lawlessness, so now dedicate them to the service of righteousness that means consecration.
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves were once senseless, disobedient, astray, enslaved to all manner of passions and pleasures; we spent our days in malice and envy, we were hateful, and we hated one another.
Matthew 5:18
(I tell you truly, till heaven and earth pass away not an iota, not a comma, will pass from the Law until it is all in force.
Acts 8:23
For I see you are a bitter poison and a pack of evil."
Romans 6:6
knowing as we do that our old self has been crucified with him in order to crush the sinful body and free us from any further slavery to sin
Romans 6:12
Sin is not to reign, then, over your mortal bodies and make you obey their passions;
Romans 7:14
The Law is spiritual; we know that. But then I am a creature of the flesh, in the thraldom of sin.
Romans 7:25
God will! Thanks be to him through Jesus Christ our Lord! [Move second part of this vers to follow vs 23] (Thus, left to myself, I serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.)
Romans 8:21
the hope being that creation as well as man would one day be freed from its thraldom to decay and gain the glorious freedom of the children of God.
Ephesians 2:2
in which you moved as you followed the course of this world, under the sway of the prince of the air ??the spirit which is at present active within those sons of disobedience
1 John 3:8-10
he who commits sin belongs to the devil, for the devil is a sinner from the very beginning. (This is why the Son of God appeared, to destroy the deeds of the devil.)