John 8
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John 8:40-59

40But nowG1161 ye seekG2212 to killG615 me, a manG444 that hath told you the truthG225, which I heardG191 from GodG2316: this did not AbrahamG11. 41Ye do the worksG2041 of your fatherG3962. They saidG3004 unto him, We were not bornG1080 of fornication; we have oneG1520 FatherG3962, even GodG2316. 42JesusG2424 saidG3004 unto them, If GodG2316 wereG1510 your FatherG3962, ye would loveG25 me: for I cameG2064 forthG1831 and amG1510 comeG2064 from GodG2316; for neither have I comeG2064 of myself, but he sentG649 me. 43WhyG5101 do ye not understandG1097 my speechG3056? Even because ye cannot hearG191 my wordG3056. 44Ye areG1510 of your fatherG3962 the devilG1228, and the lustsG1939 of your fatherG3962 it isG1510 your will to do. He wasG1510 a murdererG443 from the beginning, and standeth not in the truthG225, because there isG1510 no truthG225 in him. WhenG3752 he speaketh a lieG5579, he speaketh of his ownG2398: for he isG1510 a liarG5583, and the fatherG3962 thereof. 45But because I sayG3004 the truthG225, ye believeG4100 me not. 46Which of you convicteth me of sinG266? If I sayG3004 truthG225, whyG5101 do ye not believeG4100 me? 47He that isG1510 of GodG2316 heareth the words of GodG2316: for this cause ye hearG191 them not, because ye areG1510 not of GodG2316. 48The JewsG2453 answeredG611 and saidG3004 unto him, SayG3004 we not wellG2573 that thou art a SamaritanG4541, and hast a demonG1140? 49JesusG2424 answeredG611, I have not a demonG1140; but I honorG5091 my FatherG3962, and ye dishonorG818 me. 50But I seekG2212 not mineG1473 own gloryG1391: there isG1510 oneG3588 that seeketh and judgeth. 51Verily, verily, I sayG3004 unto you, If a man keepG5083 my wordG3056, he shall never seeG2334 deathG2288. 52The JewsG2453 saidG3004 unto him, NowG3568 we knowG1097 that thou hast a demonG1140. AbrahamG11 diedG599, and the prophetsG4396; and thou sayest, If a man keepG5083 my wordG3056, he shall never tasteG1089 of deathG2288. 53Art thou greaterG3173 than our fatherG3962 AbrahamG11, who diedG599? and the prophetsG4396 diedG599: whom makest thou thyself? 54JesusG2424 answeredG611, If I glorifyG1392 myself, my gloryG1391 isG1510 nothing: it isG1510 my FatherG3962 that glorifieth me; of whom ye sayG3004, that he isG1510 your GodG2316; 55and ye have not knownG1097 him: but I knowG1097 him; and if I should sayG3004, I knowG1097 him not, I shall beG1510 like unto you, a liarG5583: but I knowG1097 him, and keepG5083 his wordG3056. 56Your fatherG3962 AbrahamG11 rejoicedG5463 to seeG3708 my dayG2250; and he sawG3708 it, and was gladG5463. 57The JewsG2453 thereforeG3767 saidG3004 unto him, Thou art not yet fiftyG4004 yearsG2094 old, and hast thou seenG3708 AbrahamG11? 58JesusG2424 saidG3004 unto them, Verily, verily, I sayG3004 unto you, Before AbrahamG11 wasG1510 born, I amG1510. 59They tookG142 up stonesG3037 thereforeG3767 to castG906 at him: but JesusG2424 hidG2928 himself, and wentG1831 out of the temple.

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