John 8:47

The people in God’s family listen properly to his words. But you are not in his family, so you don’t listen to him.”

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

In Context

46None of you can show that I did anything wrong. You see, everything I tell you is true. So why don’t you believe me?

48The Jewish leaders told him, “Hey, you are wrong. We always reckoned that you are a rubbish man from Samaria, and you’ve got a bad spirit inside you. And we are right.”

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Cross References

John 6:45A long time ago, God told one of his men to write about this, and it is in God’s book. He wrote, ‘God is the one that will teach all of them.’ And that’s how it happens. The people that listen to God and learn from him, those people will come to me.

John 8:37I know that you all reckon you belong to Abraham’s family. But you don’t like my message, so you want to kill me.

John 8:45But I am different. I tell you what is true. But you love lies, so you don’t believe me.

John 17:6You gave me some people from the world, and I showed them what you are like. They were your people, but you gave them to me. I taught them your word, and they did what you said.

1 John 3:10So this is how we can know which people belong to God, and which people belong to the devil. If somebody does not live the right way, then we know that they don’t belong to God. And if somebody does not love other Christians, then we know that they don’t belong to God either.

1 John 5:1You know that Jesus is the Christ, the special man that God sent to save us. If anyone believes that about Jesus, it shows that God is their father, and they are one of God’s kids. You know, all of us that are God’s kids, we love God. And if we love God, then we will love other Christians, because they are God’s kids too.

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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