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The Book of John, Chapter 8, Verse 41

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‹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.›
King James Version
‹Ye do the deeds of your father.› Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.
American Standard Version
Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.
New English Translation
Then the Judeans responded,“Now we know you’re possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say,‘If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.’
World English Bible
You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, 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?
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Jesus answered, ‹I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.›
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‹And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.›
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‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.›