John 8:45

But because I tell the truth, you don’t believe me.

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In The King James Version

And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

In Context

44You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

46Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

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Cross References

John 3:19This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil.

John 18:37Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Yeshua answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”

2 Thessalonians 2:10and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

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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