John 8:37

KJV1611 – Modern English

I know that you are Abraham's descendants; but you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you.

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  • John 7:1 : 1 After these things, Jesus walked in Galilee, because he would not walk in Judea, as the Jews sought to kill him.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • Matt 13:15 : 15 For this people's heart has become callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.
  • John 7:19 : 19 Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?
  • John 7:25 : 25 Then some of them from Jerusalem said, Is this not he whom they seek to kill?
  • John 8:6 : 6 They said this trying him, that they might have something to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he did not hear them.
  • John 8:33 : 33 They answered him, We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone: how can you say, You shall be made free?
  • John 8:39-40 : 39 They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I have heard from God: Abraham did not do this.
  • John 8:43 : 43 Why do you not understand my speech? Because you cannot hear my word.
  • John 8:45-47 : 45 And because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which of you convicts me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 He who is of God hears God's words: you therefore do not hear them, because you are not of God.
  • John 8:59 : 59 Then they picked up stones to throw at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
  • John 10:31 : 31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
  • John 11:53 : 53 Then from that day on, they plotted to put him to death.
  • John 12:39-43 : 39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again, 40 He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts and turn, and I should heal them. 41 These things Isaiah said when he saw his glory and spoke of him. 42 Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; 43 for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
  • Acts 13:26 : 26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whoever among you fears God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
  • Rom 9:7 : 7 Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your descendants be called.
  • Matt 13:19-22 : 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. 20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21 But they have no root and last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 22 The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.

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  • John 8:38-47
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    82%

    38I speak what I have seen with my Father: and you do what you have seen with your father.

    39They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.

    40But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I have heard from God: Abraham did not do this.

    41You do the deeds of your father. Then they said to him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

    42Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love me: for I came out and came from God; neither did I come of myself, but he sent me.

    43Why do you not understand my speech? Because you cannot hear my word.

    44You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

    45And because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me.

    46Which of you convicts me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

    47He who is of God hears God's words: you therefore do not hear them, because you are not of God.

  • John 8:36
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    36If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.

  • John 8:51-52
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    51Verily, verily, I say to you, If a man keeps my word, he shall never see death.

    52Then the Jews said to him, Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and you say, If a man keeps my word, he shall never taste death.

  • John 8:32-33
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    73%

    32And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

    33They answered him, We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone: how can you say, You shall be made free?

  • John 8:55-56
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    73%

    55Yet you have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I do not know him, I shall be a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word.

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

  • John 16:2-3
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    72%

    2They will put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.

    3And they will do these things to you because they have not known the Father, nor me.

  • John 8:19-24
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    72%

    19Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You neither know me nor my Father: if you had known me, you should have known my Father also.

    20These words spoke Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no one laid hands on him; for his hour had not yet come.

    21Then Jesus said again to them, I go my way, and you shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: where I go, you cannot come.

    22Then the Jews said, Will he kill himself? because he says, Where I go, you cannot come.

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

    24I said therefore to you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you do not believe that I am he, you shall die in your sins.

  • John 7:19
    72%

    19Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?

  • John 7:7
    71%

    7The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I testify of it that its works are evil.

  • John 15:24-25
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    24If I had not done among them the works which no other man did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

    25But this happens so that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

  • Acts 7:52
    70%

    52Which of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted? And they have killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers,

  • John 8:13-15
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    70%

    13The Pharisees therefore said to him, You bear witness of yourself; your witness is not true.

    14Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear witness of myself, my witness is true: for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you cannot tell where I come from, and where I am going.

    15You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

  • John 7:36
    69%

    36What does he mean by saying, You will seek me and not find me, and where I am, you cannot come?

  • John 7:34
    69%

    34You will seek me and not find me, and where I am, you cannot come.

  • John 15:18
    69%

    18If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you.

  • John 17:14
    69%

    14I have given them your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

  • Luke 3:8
    69%

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

  • Rom 9:7
    69%

    7Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your descendants be called.

  • John 8:26
    69%

    26I have many things to say and to judge concerning you: but he who sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard from him.

  • John 15:4
    69%

    4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me.

  • John 8:49
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    49Jesus answered, I do not have a demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

  • John 18:8
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    8Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he; therefore, if you seek me, let these go their way,

  • John 7:25
    68%

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

  • John 3:11
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    11Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak what we know and testify what we have seen, and you do not receive our witness.

  • John 10:26
    68%

    26But you do not believe because you are not of my sheep, as I said to you.