New American Standard Bible 1995

John 8:42-43

42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, 1you would love Me, 2for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have 3not even come on My own initiative, but 4 5He sent Me.

43Why do you not understand 6 7what I am saying? It is because you cannot 8hear My word.

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Notes

1. John 8:42 1 John 5:1 ↩
2. John 8:42 John 13:3; 16:28, 30; 17:8 ↩
3. John 8:42 John 7:28 ↩
4. John 8:42 Lit that One ↩
5. John 8:42 John 3:17 ↩
6. John 8:43 Or My way of speaking ↩
7. John 8:43 John 8:33, 39, 41 ↩
8. John 8:43 John 5:25 ↩

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