John 8:39-59
- 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 God.
- 42
- 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.
- 43
- Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
- 44
- Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
- 45
- And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
- 46
- Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
- 47
- He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
- 48
- Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
- 49
- Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
- 50
- And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
- 51
- Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
- 52
- Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
- 53
- Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
- 54
- Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
- 55
- Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
- 56
- Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
- 57
- Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
- 58
- Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
- 59
- Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
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