John 8:39

Bible in Basic English (1941)

In answer they said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children you would do what Abraham did.

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  • Gal 3:7 : 7 Be certain, then, that those who are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.
  • John 8:37 : 37 I am conscious that you are Abraham's seed; but you have a desire to put me to death because my word has no place in you.
  • Rom 9:7 : 7 And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.
  • Matt 3:9 : 9 And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.
  • Jas 2:22-24 : 22 You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them; 23 And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God. 24 You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only.
  • Rom 2:28-29 : 28 The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
  • Rom 4:12 : 12 And the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who keep to the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he underwent circumcision.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 8:36-38
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    83%

    36If then the son makes you free, you will be truly free.

    37I am conscious that you are Abraham's seed; but you have a desire to put me to death because my word has no place in you.

    38I say the things which I have seen in my Father's house: and you do the things which come to you from your father's house.

  • John 8:40-47
    8 verses
    82%

    40But now you have a desire to put me to death, a man who has said to you what is true, as I had it from God: Abraham did not do that.

    41You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God.

    42Jesus said to them, If God was your Father you would have love for me, because it was from God I came and am here. I did not come of myself, but he sent me.

    43Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching.

    44You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.

    45But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.

    46Which of you is able truly to say that I am a sinner? If I say what is true, why have you no belief in me?

    47He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.

  • Luke 3:8
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    8Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham.

  • Matt 3:9
    77%

    9And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.

  • John 8:33-34
    2 verses
    76%

    33They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free?

    34And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.

  • John 8:52-58
    7 verses
    74%

    52The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

    53Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: who do you say that you are?

    54Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God.

    55You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word.

    56Your father Abraham was full of joy at the hope of seeing my day: he saw it and was glad.

    57Then the Jews said to him, You are not fifty years old; have you seen Abraham?

    58Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I am.

  • Gal 3:7
    74%

    7Be certain, then, that those who are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

  • John 8:19
    74%

    19Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus said in answer, You have no knowledge of me or of my Father: if you had knowledge of me you would have knowledge of my Father.

  • John 6:28-30
    3 verses
    72%

    28Then they said to him, How may we do the works of God?

    29Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.

    30So they said, What sign do you give us, so that we may see and have faith in you? What do you do?

  • John 10:25
    72%

    25Jesus said in answer, I have said it and you have no belief: the works which I do in my Father's name, these give witness about me.

  • John 10:37-38
    2 verses
    72%

    37If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not have belief in me;

    38But if I am doing them, then have belief in the works even if you have no belief in me; so that you may see clearly and be certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.

  • Rom 9:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.

    8That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.

  • Rom 4:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1What, then, may we say that Abraham, our father after the flesh, has got?

    2For if Abraham got righteousness by works, he has reason for pride; but not before God.

  • Gal 3:29
    71%

    29And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.

  • John 10:32
    71%

    32Jesus said to them in answer, I have let you see a number of good works from the Father; for which of those works are you stoning me?

  • Acts 3:25
    70%

    25You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth.

  • John 5:17
    70%

    17But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working.

  • John 8:31
    70%

    31Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;

  • Luke 16:29
    68%

    29But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say.

  • John 9:41
    68%

    41Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.

  • Jas 2:21
    68%

    21Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?

  • John 8:23-24
    2 verses
    68%

    23And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

    24For this reason I said to you that death will overtake you in your sins: for if you have not faith that I am he, death will come to you while you are in your sins.

  • John 5:38-39
    2 verses
    68%

    38And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.

    39You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

  • John 6:42
    68%

    42And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have seen? How is it then that he now says, I have come down from heaven?

  • John 10:34
    68%

    34In answer, Jesus said, Is there not a saying in your law, I said, You are gods?

  • John 8:28
    68%

    28So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching.

  • Heb 11:18
    68%

    18Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name: