John 8:37

Bishops' Bible (1568)

I know that ye are Abrahams seede, but ye seke meanes to kyll me, because my worde hath no place in you.

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  • John 7:1 : 1 After these thynges, Iesus went about in Galilee: For he would not go about in Iurie, because that the Iewes sought to kyll hym.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the naturall man perceaueth not the thynges of ye spirite of God, for they are foolyshenesse vnto hym: Neither can he knowe them because they are spiritually discerned.
  • Matt 13:15 : 15 For this peoples heart is waxed grosse, and their eares are dull of hearyng, and their eyes haue they closed: lest at any tyme they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and shoulde vnderstande with their heart, & shoulde conuert, that I myght heale them.
  • John 5:16-18 : 16 And therefore the Iewes dyd persecute Iesus, and sought the meanes to slea hym, because he hadde done these thynges on the Sabboth day. 17 And Iesus aunswered them: My father worketh hitherto, and I worke. 18 Therfore the Iewes sought the more to kyll him, not only because he had broken the Sabboth, but sayde also, that God was his father, and made himselfe equall with God.
  • John 5:44 : 44 Howe can ye beleue, whiche receaue honour one of another, and seke not the honour that commeth of God only?
  • John 7:19 : 19 Dyd not Moyses geue you a lawe, & yet none of you kepeth the lawe? Why go ye about to kyll me?
  • John 7:25 : 25 The sayde some of them of Hierusale: Is not this he, whom they go about to kyll?
  • John 8:6 : 6 This they sayde to tempte hym, that they myght accuse hym. But Iesus stowped downe, and with his fynger wrote on the grounde.
  • John 8:33 : 33 They aunswered hym: We be Abrahams seede, and were neuer bonde to any man: howe sayest thou then, ye shalbe made free?
  • John 8:39-40 : 39 They aunswered, and saide vnto him: Abraham is our father. Iesus saith vnto them: Yf ye were Abrahams childre, ye woulde do the workes of Abraham. 40 But now ye go about to kyll me, a ma that hath tolde you the trueth, which I haue heard of god: this did not Abraha.
  • John 8:43 : 43 Why do ye not knowe my speache? euen because ye cannot heare my word.
  • John 8:45-47 : 45 And because I tel you the trueth, therfore ye beleue me not. 46 Which of you rebuketh me of sinne? Yf I say the trueth, why do not ye beleue me? 47 He that is of god, heareth gods wordes. Ye therfore heare the not, because ye are not of God.
  • John 8:59 : 59 Then toke they vp stones to caste at hym: but Iesus hyd hym selfe, and went out of the temple.
  • John 10:31 : 31 Then the Iewes agayne toke vp stones, to stone hym withall.
  • John 11:53 : 53 Then from that day foorth, they toke councell together, for to put hym to death.
  • John 12:39-43 : 39 Therfore coulde they not beleue, because that Esaias sayth agayne: 40 He hath blynded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they shoulde not see with their eyes, & lest they should vnderstande with their hearte, & should be conuerted, and I should heale them. 41 Such thynges sayde Esaias, when he sawe his glory, and spake of hym. 42 Neuerthelesse, among ye chiefe rulers also, many beleued on hym: But because of the pharisees, they dyd not confesse hym, lest they should be excomunicate. 43 For they loued the prayse of men, more then the prayse of God.
  • Acts 13:26 : 26 Ye men and brethren, chyldren of the generation of Abraham, and whosoeuer among you feareth God, to you is the worde of this saluation sent.
  • Rom 9:7 : 7 Neither are they all chyldren that are the seede of Abraham: But in Isaac shall thy seede be called.
  • Matt 13:19-22 : 19 When one heareth the worde of the kyngdome, and vnderstandeth it not, then commeth that euyll, and catcheth away that which was sowen in his heart: this is he, which receaued seede by the way syde. 20 But he that receaued the seede into stony places, the same is he that heareth the worde, and anone with ioy, receaueth it: 21 Yet hath he not roote in hym selfe, but dureth for a season: for when tribulation or persecution aryseth because of the worde, by and by he is offended. 22 He also that receaued seede into the thornes, is he that heareth the worde: and the care of this worlde, and the disceiptfulnes of ryches, choke vp the worde, and so is he made vnfruitfull.

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  • John 8:38-47
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    38I speake that whiche I haue seene with my father: and ye do that whiche ye haue seene with your father.

    39They aunswered, and saide vnto him: Abraham is our father. Iesus saith vnto them: Yf ye were Abrahams childre, ye woulde do the workes of Abraham.

    40But now ye go about to kyll me, a ma that hath tolde you the trueth, which I haue heard of god: this did not Abraha.

    41Ye do the deedes of your father. Then said they to him: We be not borne of fornication, we haue one father, euen God.

    42Iesus saide vnto them: Yf God were your father, truely ye woulde loue me: For I proceaded foorth, and came from God: neither came I of my selfe, but he sent me.

    43Why do ye not knowe my speache? euen because ye cannot heare my word.

    44Ye are of your father the deuyll, and the lustes of your father wyll ye do. He was a murtherer from the begynnyng, and abode not in the trueth: because there is no trueth in hym. When he speaketh a lye, he speaketh of his owne: For he is a lyer, and the father of the same thyng.

    45And because I tel you the trueth, therfore ye beleue me not.

    46Which of you rebuketh me of sinne? Yf I say the trueth, why do not ye beleue me?

    47He that is of god, heareth gods wordes. Ye therfore heare the not, because ye are not of God.

  • John 5:38-40
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    38His worde haue ye not abydyng in you: For who he hath set, him ye beleue not.

    39Searche the scriptures, for in them ye thynke ye haue eternall lyfe: and they are they which testifie of me.

    40And yet wyll ye not come to me, that ye myght haue lyfe.

  • 36Yf the sonne therefore shall make you free, then are ye free in deede.

  • John 8:51-52
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    51Ueryly veryly I saye vnto you, yf a man kepe my saying, he shall neuer see death.

    52Then sayde the Iewes vnto hym: Now know we that thou hast ye deuyll. Abraham is dead, & the prophetes: and thou sayest, yf a man kepe my saying, he shall neuer taste of death.

  • John 8:32-33
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    32And ye shall knowe the trueth, and the trueth shall make you free.

    33They aunswered hym: We be Abrahams seede, and were neuer bonde to any man: howe sayest thou then, ye shalbe made free?

  • 42But I knowe you, that ye haue not the loue of God in you.

  • John 8:55-56
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    55And yet ye haue not knowen him, but I knowe hym: And if I say I knowe hym not, I shalbe a lyer lyke vnto you. But I knowe hym, & kepe his saying.

    56Your father Abraham was glad to see my day: and he saw it, and reioyced.

  • John 16:2-3
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    2They shall excomunitate you: yea the time shall come, that who so euer kylleth you, wyll thynke that he doth God seruice.

    3And such thynges wyll they do vnto you, because they haue not knowen the father, neither yet me.

  • John 8:19-24
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    19Then sayde they vnto hym: Where is thy father? Iesus aunswered, Ye neither knowe me, nor yet my father: Yf ye had knowen me, ye should haue knowen my father also.

    20These wordes spake Iesus in ye treasurie, as he taught in the temple, and no man layde handes on hym, for his houre was not yet come.

    21Then sayde Iesus againe vnto them: I go my way, and ye shall seeke me, and shall dye in your synnes: Whyther I go, thyther can ye not come.

    22Then sayde the Iewes: Wyll he kyll hym selfe, because he saith, whyther I go, thyther can ye not come?

    23And he sayde vnto them: ye are from beneathe, I am from aboue: ye are of this worlde, I am not of this worlde.

    24I sayde therefore vnto you, that you shall dye in your sinnes. For yf ye beleue not that I am he, ye shall dye in your sinnes.

  • 19Dyd not Moyses geue you a lawe, & yet none of you kepeth the lawe? Why go ye about to kyll me?

  • 7The worlde can not hate you, but me it hateth, because I testifie of it, that the workes therof are euyll.

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    24Yf I had not done among them, the workes which none other man dyd, they shoulde haue had no sinne. But nowe haue they both seene, and hated not only me, but also my father,

    25But this commeth to passe, that the worde myght be fulfylled, that is written in their lawe: They hated me without a cause.

  • 52Which of the prophetes haue not your fathers persecuted? And they haue slayne them which shewed before of the commyng of that iuste, of whom ye are nowe the betrayers and murtherers:

  • John 8:13-15
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    13The pharisees therfore said vnto him: Thou bearest recorde of thy selfe, thy recorde is not true.

    14Iesus aunswered, & saide vnto them: Though I beare recorde of my selfe, yet my recorde is true. For I knowe whence I came, & whyther I go: But ye can not tel whence I come, and whyther I go.

    15Ye iudge after the fleshe, I iudge no man.

  • 36What maner of saying is this that he sayde, ye shall seke me, and shall not fynde me: and where I am, thyther can ye not come?

  • 34Ye shall seke me, & shall not fynde me: & where I am thither can ye not come.

  • 18Yf the worlde hate you, ye knowe that it hated me before it hated you.

  • 14I haue geuen them thy worde, and the worlde hath hated them, because they are not of the worlde, euen as I also am not of the worlde.

  • 8Bryng foorth therefore due fruites of repentaunce, and begyn not to say within your selues, we haue Abraham to our father: For I saye vnto you, that God is able of these stones, to rayse vp childre vnto Abraham.

  • 7Neither are they all chyldren that are the seede of Abraham: But in Isaac shall thy seede be called.

  • 26I haue many thynges to saye, and to iudge of you. Yea, & he that sent me, is true: And I speake to the world, those thynges which I haue hearde of hym.

  • 4Byde in me, and I in you. As the braunche can not beare fruite of it selfe, except it byde in the vine: no more can ye, except ye abyde in me.

  • 49Iesus aunswered, I haue not the deuyll: but I honour my father, and ye haue dishonoured me.

  • 8Iesus aunswered, I haue tolde you that I am he: Yf ye seke me therefore, let these go their way.

  • 25The sayde some of them of Hierusale: Is not this he, whom they go about to kyll?

  • 11Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, we speake that we do knowe, & testifie that we haue seene: and ye receaue not our witnesse.

  • 26But ye beleue not, because ye are not of my sheepe, as I sayde vnto you.