John 8:36

³⁴ Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

³⁵ A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever.

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

³⁷ I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.

³⁸ I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
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Galatians 5:1
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
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Romans 8:2
For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
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John 8:31–32
So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
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Luke 4:18
“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
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Zechariah 9:11–12
As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
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Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
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Isaiah 49:24–25
Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
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