Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Ioánnem (8,31-42)
In illo tempore: Dicébat Iésus ad eos, qui credidérunt ei, Iudǽos: “Si vos manséritis in sermóne meo, vere discípuli mei estis et cognoscétis veritátem, et véritas liberábit vos.” Respondérunt ei: “Sémen Ábrahæ sumus et némini servívimus umquam! Quómodo tu dicis: ‘Líberi fiétis’?” Respóndit eis Iésus: “Amen, amen dico vobis: Omnis, qui facit peccátum, servus est peccáti. Servus autem non manet in domo in ætérnum; fílius manet in ætérnum. Si ergo Fílius vos liberáverit, vere líberi éritis. Scio quia semen Ábrahæ estis; sed quǽritis me interfícere, quia sermo meus non capit in vobis. Ego, quæ vidi apud Patrem, loquor; et vos ergo, quæ audivístis a patre, fácitis.” Respondérunt et dixérunt ei: “Páter noster Ábraham est.” Dicit eis Iésus: “Si fílii Ábrahæ essétis, ópera Ábrahæ facerétis. Nunc autem quǽritis me interfícere, hóminem, qui veritátem vobis locútus sum, quam audívi a Deo; hoc Ábraham non fecit. Vos fácitis ópera patris vestri.” Dixérunt ítaque ei: “Nos ex fornicatióne non sumus nati; unum patrem habémus Deum!” Dixit eis Iésus: “Si Deus pater vester esset, diligerétis me; ego enim ex Deo procéssi et veni; neque enim a meípso veni, sed ille me misit.
At that time: Jesus said to them that believed him, the Jews: If you abide in my word, you shall be my Disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. They answered him: We are the seed of Abraham, and we never served any man: how sayest thou, You shall be free? Jesus answered them: Amen, amen I say to you, that every one which committeth sin, is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever. If therefore the Son make you free, you shall be free indeed. I know that you are the children of Abraham: but you seek to kill me, because my word taketh not in you. Ispeak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do the things that you have seen with your father. They answered, and said to him: Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith to them: If you be the children of Abraham, do the works of Abraham. But now, you seek to kill me, a man that have spoken the truth to you, which I have heard of God. This did not Abraham. You do the works of your father. They said therefore to him: We were not born of fornication. We have one Father, God. Jesus therefore said to them: If God were your Father, verily you would love me. For from God I proceeded, and came: for I came not of myself, but he sent me:
