John 8:42

So Jesus said to them: “If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came forth from God and I am here. Further, I have not come on my own, but He sent me.

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In The King James Version

Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

In Context

41You do the works of your father.” Then they said to Him, “ We were not born of fornication; we have one Father—God.”

43Why don't you understand what I say?—because you are not able to really hear my word.

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Cross References

John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world in order to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.

John 5:43I have come in my Father's name and you do not receive me; should another come in his own name, him you will receive.

John 12:49because I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me, He gave me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.

John 15:23The one who hates me hates my Father too.

John 17:8because I have given them the sayings which You have given to me; and they have received and known for sure that I came forth from You, and they have believed that You sent me.

Matthew Henry on John 8:39-48

Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. 41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even… Read the whole commentary →

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