John 8:34
Good News Translation
Jesus said to them, "I am telling you the truth: everyone who sins is a slave of sin.

New Revised Standard Version
Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus replied: I tell you for certain that anyone who sins is a slave of sin!

New American Bible
Jesus answered them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus answered them: Amen, amen, I say unto you that whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jesus answered them: Amen, amen, I say unto you that whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

Verily.

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him: Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Matthew 5:18 For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled.

Whosoever.

1 Kings 21:25 Now, there was not such another as Achab, who was sold to do evil in the sight of the Lord: for his wife, Jezabel, set him on,

Proverbs 5:22 He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.

Acts 8:23 For I see thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity.

Romans 6:6,12,16,19,20 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, to the end that we may serve sin no longer. . . .

Romans 7:14,25 For we know that the law is spiritual. But I am carnal, sold under sin. . . .

Romans 8:21 Because the creature also itself shall be delivered from the servitude of corruption, into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.

Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of this air, of the spirit that now worketh on the children of unbelief:

Titus 3:3 For we ourselves also were some time unwise, incredulous, erring, slaves to divers desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.

2 Peter 2:19 Promising them liberty, whereas they themselves are the slaves of corruption. For by whom a man is overcome, of the same also he is the slave.

1 John 3:8-10 He that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God appeared, that he might destroy the works of the devil. . . .

Context
The Truth will Set You Free
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? 34Jesus answered them: Amen, amen, I say unto you that whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. 35Now the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the son abideth for ever.…
Cross References
Romans 6:16
Know you not that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are whom you obey, whether it be of sin unto death or of obedience unto justice.

2 Peter 2:19
Promising them liberty, whereas they themselves are the slaves of corruption. For by whom a man is overcome, of the same also he is the slave.

John 8:33
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