Quotes About Freedom

Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

The man whom the demons had left begged to go with Jesus. But He sent him away, saying,

And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.

When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your disability.”

Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”

The younger son said to him, ëFather, give me my share of the estate.í So he divided his property between them.

After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.

But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ëWe do not want this man to rule over us.í

But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”

(Barabbas had been imprisoned for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)

The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,

Then Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are your accusers? Has no one condemned you?”

“No one, Lord,” she answered. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Now go and sin no more.”

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

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

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

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.

I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.

At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.

The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.

“I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”

“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)