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The Book of John, Chapter 8, Verse 42

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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.
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.›
American Standard Version
Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.
New English Translation
You aren’t greater than our father Abraham who died, are you? And the prophets died too! Who do you claim to be?”
World English Bible
Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven't come 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.