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John 8:43

Why doe ye not vnderstande my talke? because ye cannot heare my worde.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

In Context

42Therefore Iesus sayde vnto them, If God were your Father, then woulde ye loue mee: for I proceeded foorth, and came from God, neither came I of my selfe, but he sent me.

44Ye are of your father the deuill, and the lustes of your father ye will doe: hee hath bene a murtherer from the beginning, and abode not in the trueth, because there is no trueth in him. When hee speaketh a lie, then speaketh hee of his owne: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

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Cross References

Proverbs 28:5Wicked men vnderstand not iudgemnt: but they that seeke the Lord vnderstand all things.

Isaiah 44:18They haue not knowen, nor vnderstand: for God hath shut their eyes that they cannot see, and their heartes, that they cannot vnderstand.

Hosea 14:9Ephraim shall say, What haue I to doe any more with idoles? I haue heard him, and looked vpon him: I am like a greene firre tree: vpon me is thy fruite founde.

John 5:43I am come in my Fathers Name, and ye receiue me not: if another shall come in his owne name, him will ye receiue.

John 7:17If any man will doe his will, he shall knowe of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speake of my selfe.

John 12:39Therefore could they not beleeue, because that Esaias saith againe,

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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