John 8
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John 8:38-47

38I speak of the things which I have seen 1with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from 2your father.”

39They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is 3our father.” Jesus said to them, “4If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham. 40But as it is, 5you are seeking to kill Me, a Man who has 6told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. 41You are doing the deeds of 7your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born as a result of sexual immorality; 8we have one Father: God.” 42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, 9you would love Me, 10for I came forth from God and am here; for I have 11not even come 12on My own, but 1314He sent Me. 43Why do you not understand 1516what I am saying? It is because you cannot 17listen to My word. 4418You are of 19your father the devil, and 20you want to do the desires of your father. 21He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because 22there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells 23a lie, he 24speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of 25lies. 45But because 26I say the truth, you do not believe Me. 46Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If 27I speak truth, why do you not believe Me? 4728The one who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”

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Notes

  1. 1. John 8:38 Or in the presence of ↩
  2. 2. John 8:38 John 8:41, 44 ↩
  3. 3. John 8:39 Matt 3:9; John 8:37 ↩
  4. 4. John 8:39 Rom 9:7; Gal 3:7 ↩
  5. 5. John 8:40 John 7:1; 8:37 ↩
  6. 6. John 8:40 John 8:26 ↩
  7. 7. John 8:41 John 8:38, 44 ↩
  8. 8. John 8:41 Deut 32:6; Is 63:16; 64:8 ↩
  9. 9. John 8:42 1 John 5:1 ↩
  10. 10. John 8:42 John 13:3; 16:28, 30; 17:8 ↩
  11. 11. John 8:42 John 7:28 ↩
  12. 12. John 8:42 Or of Myself ↩
  13. 13. John 8:42 Lit that One ↩
  14. 14. John 8:42 John 3:17 ↩
  15. 15. John 8:43 Or My way of speaking ↩
  16. 16. John 8:43 John 8:33, 39, 41 ↩
  17. 17. John 8:43 John 5:25 ↩
  18. 18. John 8:44 1 John 3:8 ↩
  19. 19. John 8:44 John 8:38, 41 ↩
  20. 20. John 8:44 John 7:17 ↩
  21. 21. John 8:44 Gen 3:4; 1 John 3:8, 15 ↩
  22. 22. John 8:44 1 John 2:4 ↩
  23. 23. John 8:44 Lit the lie ↩
  24. 24. John 8:44 Matt 12:34 ↩
  25. 25. John 8:44 Lit it ↩
  26. 26. John 8:45 John 18:37 ↩
  27. 27. John 8:46 John 18:37 ↩
  28. 28. John 8:47 1 John 4:6 ↩

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