John 8:40

Geneva Bible (1560)

But 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.

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  • John 8:26 : 26 I haue many things to say, & to iudge of you: but he that sent me, is true, & the things that I haue heard of him, those speake I to the world.
  • Rev 12:12-13 : 12 Therefore reioyce, ye heauens, and ye that dwell in them. Wo to the inhabitants of the earth, and of the sea: for the deuill is come downe vnto you, which hath great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time. 13 And when the dragon sawe that hee was cast vnto the earth, he persecuted the woman which had brought forth the man childe.
  • Rev 12:17 : 17 Then the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went and made warre with the remnant of her seede, which keepe the comaundements of God, and haue the testimonie of Iesus Christ.
  • Rev 12:4 : 4 And his taile drew the thirde part of the starres of heauen, and cast them to the earth; the dragon stood before the woman, which was ready to be deliuered, to deuoure her childe, when shee had brought it foorth.
  • Gal 4:29 : 29 But as then hee that was borne after the flesh, persecuted him that was borne after the Spirit, euen so it is nowe.
  • 1 John 3:12-15 : 12 Not as Cain which was of that wicked one, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe he him? because his owne workes were euill, and his brothers good. 13 Marueile not, my brethren, though this world hate you. 14 We know that we are translated from death vnto life, because we loue the brethren: he that loueth not his brother, abideth in death. 15 Whosoeuer hateth his brother, is a manslayer: and ye know that no manslayer hath eternall life abiding in him.
  • Ps 37:12 : 12 The wicked practiseth against the iust, and gnasheth his teeth against him.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
  • John 8:37-38 : 37 I know that ye are Abrahams seede, but yee seeke to kill mee, because my worde hath no place in you. 38 I speake that which I haue seene with my Father: and ye doe that which ye haue seene with your father.
  • John 8:56 : 56 Your father Abraham reioyced to see my day, and he sawe it, and was glad.
  • 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.
  • Gal 4:16 : 16 Am I therefore become your enemie, because I tell you the trueth?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 8:37-39
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    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.

    39They 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.

  • John 8:41-47
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    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.

  • John 8:52-58
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    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.

  • John 7:19-20
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    19Did not Moses giue you a Law, and yet none of you keepeth the lawe? Why goe ye about to kill me?

    20The people answered, and said, Thou hast a deuil: who goeth about to kill thee?

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

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

  • 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.

  • Acts 7:52
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    52Which of the Prophets haue not your fathers persecuted? & they haue slaine them, which shewed before of the comming of that Iust, of whome ye are now the betrayers and murtherers,

  • John 10:32-33
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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?

    33The Iewes answered him, saying, For the good worke we stone thee not, but for blasphemie, and that thou being a man, makest thy selfe God.

  • John 8:13-14
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    13The Pharises therefore saide vnto him, Thou bearest recorde of thy selfe: thy recorde is not true.

    14Iesus answered, and sayde vnto them, Though I beare recorde of my selfe, yet my recorde is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go: but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I goe.

  • 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.

  • John 5:38-40
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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.

    40But ye will not come to me, that ye might haue life.

  • John 8:23-26
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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.

    25Then saide they vnto him, Who art thou? And Iesus saide vnto them, Euen the same thing that I said vnto you from the beginning.

    26I haue many things to say, & to iudge of you: but he that sent me, is true, & the things that I haue heard of him, those speake I to the world.

  • John 8:49-50
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    49Iesus answered, I haue not a deuil, but I honour my Father, and ye haue dishonoured me.

    50And I seeke not mine owne praise: but there is one that seeketh it, and iudgeth.

  • John 5:33
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    33Ye sent vnto Iohn, and he bare witnesse vnto the trueth.

  • John 5:18
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    18Therefore the Iewes sought the more to kill him: not onely because he had broken the Sabbath: but said also that God was his Father, and made himselfe equall with God.

  • Gal 4:16
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    16Am I therefore become your enemie, because I tell you the trueth?

  • John 18:34
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    34Iesus answered him, Saiest thou that of thy selfe, or did other tell it thee of me?

  • John 18:8
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    8Iesus answered, I said vnto you, that I am he: therefore if ye seeke me, let these go their way.

  • 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.

  • 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 18:37
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    37Pilate then said vnto him, Art thou a King then? Iesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a King: for this cause am I borne, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should beare witnes vnto the trueth: euery one that is of the trueth, heareth my voyce.

  • John 5:45
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    45Doe not thinke that I will accuse you to my Father: there is one that accuseth you, euen Moses, in whom ye trust.

  • John 10:36
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    36Say ye of him, whome the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the worlde, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Sonne of God?

  • John 8:21
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    21Then saide Iesus againe vnto them, I goe my way, and ye shal seeke me, and shal die in your sinnes, Whither I goe, can ye not come.

  • John 7:25
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    25Then saide some of them of Hierusalem, Is not this he, whom they goe about to kill?

  • Gen 20:10
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    10So Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What sawest thou that thou hast done this thing?