John 8:40

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.›

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  • John 8:26 : 26 ‹I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.›
  • Rev 12:12-13 : 12 ¶ Therefore rejoice, [ye] heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. 13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man [child].
  • Rev 12:17 : 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
  • Rev 12:4 : 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
  • Gal 4:29 : 29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him [that was born] after the Spirit, even so [it is] now.
  • 1 John 3:12-15 : 12 Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 14 ¶ We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother abideth in death. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
  • Ps 37:12 : 12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
  • John 8:37-38 : 37 ‹I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.› 38 ¶ ‹I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.›
  • John 8:56 : 56 ‹Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw› [it], ‹and was glad.›
  • Rom 4:12 : 12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which [he had] being [yet] uncircumcised.
  • Gal 4:16 : 16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

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  • John 8:37-39
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    37 ‹I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.›

    38 ¶ ‹I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.›

    39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, ‹If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.›

  • John 8:41-47
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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.

    42 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.›

    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.›

  • John 8:52-58
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    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.

    53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

    54 Jesus answered, ‹If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:›

    55 ‹Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.›

    56 ‹Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw› [it], ‹and was glad.›

    57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

    58 Jesus said unto them, ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.›

  • John 7:19-20
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    19 ‹Did not Moses give you the law, and› [yet] ‹none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?›

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

  • John 8:32-33
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    32 ‹And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.›

    33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

  • 19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, ‹Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.›

  • 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

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    32 Jesus answered them, ‹Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?›

    33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

  • John 8:13-14
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    13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.

    14 Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹Though I bear record of myself,› [yet] ‹my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.›

  • 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to [our] father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

  • John 5:38-40
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    38 ‹And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.›

    39 ‹Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.›

    40 ‹And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.›

  • John 8:23-26
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    23 And he said unto them, ‹Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.›

    24 ‹I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am› [he], ‹ye shall die in your sins.›

    25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, ‹Even› [the same] ‹that I said unto you from the beginning.›

    26 ‹I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.›

  • John 8:49-50
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    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.›

  • 33 ‹Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.›

  • 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

  • 16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

  • 34 Jesus answered him, ‹Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?›

  • 8 Jesus answered, ‹I have told you that I am› [he]: ‹if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:›

  • 25 Jesus answered them, ‹I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.›

  • 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to [our] father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

  • 37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, ‹Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.›

  • 45 ‹Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is› [one] ‹that accuseth you,› [even] ‹Moses, in whom ye trust.›

  • 36 ‹Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?›

  • 21 ¶ Then said Jesus again unto them, ‹I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.›

  • 25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?

  • 10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?