John 8:41

Listen, you are doing the things that your father does.” But they said, “God is our father. He is the only father we have, and we are his proper kids.”

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In The King James Version

Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

In Context

40I am telling you the true message I heard from God, and you are trying to kill me. You are nothing like Abraham. He never did bad things like that.

42Jesus said to them, “No. God is not your father. You see, God sent me here. It wasn’t my idea to come here, God sent me. But you don’t love me. So I know that God is not your father.

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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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