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John 8:40-42
New Testament for Everyone
John 8:40-42
New Testament for Everyone
40 But now you’re trying to kill me—me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God! That’s not what Abraham did. 41 You’re doing the works of your father.”
“There wasn’t anything immoral about the way we were born!” they replied. “We’ve got one father, and that’s God!”
42 “If God really was your father,” replied Jesus, “you would love me, because I came from God, and here I am. I didn’t come on my own initiative, you see, but he sent me.
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John 8:40-42
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John 8:40-42
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40 As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me,(A) a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God.(B) Abraham did not do such things. 41 You are doing the works of your own father.”(C)
“We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”(D)
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me,(E) for I have come here from God.(F) I have not come on my own;(G) God sent me.(H)
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