John 8:39

Geneva Bible (1560)

They answered, and saide vnto him, Abraham is our father. Iesus said vnto them, If ye were Abrahams children, ye woulde doe the workes of Abraham.

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  • Gal 3:7 : 7 Knowe ye therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
  • John 8:37 : 37 I know that ye are Abrahams seede, but yee seeke to kill mee, because my worde hath no place in you.
  • Rom 9:7 : 7 Neither are they all children, because they are the seede of Abraham: but, In Isaac shall thy seede be called:
  • Matt 3:9 : 9 And thinke not to say with your selues, We haue Abraham to our father: for I say vnto you, that God is able euen of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 That ye may be the children of your father that is in heauen: for he maketh his sunne to arise on the euill, and the good, and sendeth raine on the iust, and vniust.
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heires by promes.
  • Jas 2:22-24 : 22 Seest thou not that the faith wrought with his workes? and through the workes was the faith made perfect. 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which sayeth, Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed vnto him for righteousnesse: and hee was called the friende of God. 24 Ye see then howe that of workes a man is iustified, and not of faith onely.
  • Rom 2:28-29 : 28 For hee is not a Iewe, which is one outwarde: neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he is a Iewe which is one wtin, and the circumcision is of the heart, in the spirite not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God.
  • Rom 4:12 : 12 And the father of circumcision, not vnto them onely which are of the circumcision, but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the faith of our father Abraham, which he had when he was vncircumcised.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 Therefore it is by faith, that it might come by grace, and the promise might be sure to all the seede, not to that onely which is of the Lawe: but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of vs all,

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  • John 8:36-38
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    36If that Sonne therefore shal make you free, ye shalbe free in deede.

    37I know that ye are Abrahams seede, but yee seeke to kill mee, because my worde hath no place in you.

    38I speake that which I haue seene with my Father: and ye doe that which ye haue seene with your father.

  • John 8:40-47
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    82%

    40But nowe ye goe about to kill mee, a man that haue told you the trueth, which I haue heard of God: this did not Abraham.

    41Ye do the workes of your father. Then said they to him, We are not borne of fornication: we haue one Father, which is God.

    42Therefore Iesus sayde vnto them, If God were your Father, then woulde ye loue mee: for I proceeded foorth, and came from God, neither came I of my selfe, but he sent me.

    43Why doe ye not vnderstande my talke? because ye cannot heare my worde.

    44Ye are of your father the deuill, and the lustes of your father ye will doe: hee hath bene a murtherer from the beginning, and abode not in the trueth, because there is no trueth in him. When hee speaketh a lie, then speaketh hee of his owne: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

    45And because I tell you the trueth, yee beleeue me not.

    46Which of you can rebuke me of sinne? and if I say the trueth, why do ye not beleeue me?

    47He that is of God, heareth Gods wordes: yee therefore heare them not, because ye are not of God.

  • Luke 3:8
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    8Bring foorth therefore fruites worthy amendement of life, and beginne not to say with your selues, We haue Abraham to our father: for I say vnto you, that God is able of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham.

  • Matt 3:9
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    9And thinke not to say with your selues, We haue Abraham to our father: for I say vnto you, that God is able euen of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham.

  • John 8:33-34
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    76%

    33They answered him, Wee be Abrahams seede, and were neuer bonde to any man: why sayest thou then, Ye shalbe made free?

    34Iesus answered them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, that whosoeuer committeth sinne, is the seruant of sinne.

  • John 8:52-58
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    74%

    52Then said the Iewes to him, Now know we that thou hast a deuill. Abraham is dead, and the Prophets: and thou sayest, If a man keepe my worde, he shall neuer taste of death.

    53Art thou greater then our father Abraham, which is dead? and the Prophets are dead: whome makest thou thy selfe?

    54Iesus answered, If I honour my selfe, mine honour is nothing worth: it is my Father that honoureth me, whome ye say, that hee is your God.

    55Yet ye haue not knowen him: but I knowe him, and if I should say I know him not, I should be a liar like vnto you: but I knowe him, and keepe his worde.

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

    57Then sayd ye Iewes vnto him, Thou art not yet fiftie yeere olde, & hast thou seene Abraham?

    58Iesus sayd vnto them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, before Abraham was, I am.

  • Gal 3:7
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    7Knowe ye therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

  • John 8:19
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    19Then saide they vnto him, Where is that Father of thine? Iesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor that Father of mine. If ye had knowen me, ye should haue knowen that Father of mine also.

  • John 6:28-30
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    28Then sayde they vnto him, What shall we doe, that we might worke the workes of God?

    29Iesus answered, and sayde vnto them, This is the woorke of God, that yee beleeue in him, whome he hath sent.

    30They sayde therefore vnto him, What signe shewest thou then, that we may see it, and beleeue thee? What doest thou woorke?

  • John 10:25
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    25Iesus answered them, I tolde you, and ye beleeue not: the workes that I doe in my Fathers Name, they beare witnes of me.

  • John 10:37-38
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    37If I doe not the workes of my Father, beleeue me not.

    38But if I doe, then though ye beleeue not mee, yet beleeue the workes, that ye may knowe and beleeue, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

  • Rom 9:7-8
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    7Neither are they all children, because they are the seede of Abraham: but, In Isaac shall thy seede be called:

    8That is, they which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God: but the children of the promes, are counted for the seede.

  • Rom 4:1-2
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    71%

    1What shal we say then, that Abraham our father hath found concerning the flesh?

    2For if Abraham were iustified by workes, he hath wherein to reioyce, but not with God.

  • Gal 3:29
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    29And if ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heires by promes.

  • John 10:32
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    32Iesus answered them, Many good workes haue I shewed you from my Father: for which of these workes doe ye stone me?

  • Acts 3:25
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    25Ye are the children of the Prophets, and of the couenant, which God hath made vnto our fathers, saying to Abraham, Euen in thy seede shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

  • John 5:17
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    17But Iesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I worke.

  • John 8:31
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    31Then saide Iesus to the Iewes which beleeued in him, If ye continue in my worde, ye are verely my disciples,

  • Luke 16:29
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    29Abraham said vnto him, They haue Moses and the Prophets: let them heare them.

  • John 9:41
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    41Iesus sayd vnto them, If ye were blinde, ye should not haue sinne: but nowe ye say, We see: therefore your sinne remaineth.

  • Jas 2:21
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    21Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes, when he offred Isaac his sonne vpon the altar?

  • John 8:23-24
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    23And hee saide vnto them, Ye are from beneath, I am from aboue: ye are of this world, I am not of this worlde.

    24I said therefore vnto you, That ye shall die in your sinnes: for except ye beleeue, that I am he, ye shall die in your sinnes.

  • John 5:38-39
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    38And his worde haue you not abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye beleeued not.

    39Searche the Scriptures: for in them ye thinke to haue eternall life, and they are they which testifie of me.

  • John 6:42
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    42And they said, Is not this Iesus that sonne of Ioseph, whose father and mother wee knowe? Howe then sayth he, I came downe from heauen?

  • John 10:34
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    34Iesus answered them, Is it not written in your Lawe, I sayd, Ye are gods?

  • John 8:28
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    28Then said Iesus vnto them, When ye haue lift vp the Sonne of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I doe nothing of my selfe, but as my Father hath taught me, so I speake these things.

  • Heb 11:18
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    18(To whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seede be called.)