38 (A)I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard (B)from your father.”

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38 I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence,(A) and you are doing what you have heard from your father.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. John 8:38 Or presence. Therefore do what you have heard from the Father.

You Are of Your Father the Devil

39 They answered him, (A)“Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, (B)“If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,

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39 “Abraham is our father,” they answered.

“If you were Abraham’s children,”(A) said Jesus, “then you would[a] do what Abraham did.

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  1. John 8:39 Some early manuscripts “If you are Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then

41 You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him, (A)“We were not born of sexual immorality. We have (B)one Father—even God.”

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41 You are doing the works of your own father.”(A)

“We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”(B)

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