John 8:42

“If God were your Father,” Jesus replied, “you would have loved me, for I came out from God, and now am here; and I have not come of myself, but he sent me as his Messenger.

Twentieth Century New Testament

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 are doing what your own father does.” “We are not bastards,” they said, “we have one Father — God himself.”

43How is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my Message.

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Cross References

John 3:17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

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

John 12:49For I have not delivered it on my own authority; but the Father, who sent me, has himself given me his command as to what I should say, and what message I should deliver.

John 15:23He who hates me hates my Father also.

John 17:8for I have given them the teaching which thou gavest me, and they received it, and clearly understood that I came from thee, and they believed that thou has sent me as thy Messenger.

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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