Cross references

John 8:33

“We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”

John 8:33 BSB

John 8:33 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 3:9 (10 votes) and John 8:39 (5 votes). 21 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Genesis 15 to 1 Peter 2.

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Which verses does John 8:33 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Matthew 3:910 votes

    And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

  2. John 8:395 votes

    “Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.

  3. Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards. We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.” …

  4. Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

  5. So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies. But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.

  6. John 8:372 votes

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

  7. They worked the Israelites ruthlessly and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.

  8. Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.

  9. Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.

  10. Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.

  11. Ezra 9:91 vote
  12. Judges 4:30 votes

Which verses point to John 8:33?

The 10 strongest of 21.