John 8:37

Webster's Bible (1833)

I know that you are Abraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.

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  • John 7:1 : 1 After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn't walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • Matt 13:15 : 15 For this people's heart has grown callous, Their ears are dull of hearing, They have closed their eyes; Or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their heart, And should turn again; And I would heal them.'
  • John 5:16-18 : 16 For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too." 18 For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
  • John 5:44 : 44 How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?
  • John 7:19 : 19 Didn't Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?"
  • John 7:25 : 25 Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this he whom they seek to kill?
  • John 8:6 : 6 They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.
  • John 8:33 : 33 They answered him, "We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, 'You will be made free?'"
  • John 8:39-40 : 39 They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." 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 heard from God. Abraham didn't do this.
  • John 8:43 : 43 Why don't you understand my speech? Because you can't hear my word.
  • John 8:45-47 : 45 But because I tell the truth, you don't believe me. 46 Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don't hear, because you are not of God."
  • John 8:59 : 59 Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden, and went out of the temple, having gone through the midst of them, and so passed by.
  • John 10:31 : 31 Therefore Jews took up stones again to stone him.
  • John 11:53 : 53 So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.
  • John 12:39-43 : 39 For this cause they couldn't believe, for Isaiah said again, 40 "He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, Lest they should see with their eyes, And perceive with their heart, And would turn, And I would heal them." 41 Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him. 42 Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn't confess it, so that they wouldn't be put out of the synagogue, 43 for they loved men's praise more than God's praise.
  • Acts 13:26 : 26 Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.
  • Rom 9:7 : 7 Neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your seed be called."
  • Matt 13:19-22 : 19 When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside. 20 What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it; 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

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  • John 8:38-47
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    82%

    38 I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father."

    39 They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." 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 heard from God. Abraham didn't do this.

    41 You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."

    42 Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven't come of myself, but he sent me.

    43 Why don't you understand my speech? Because you can't hear my word.

    44 You are of your Father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.

    45 But because I tell the truth, you don't believe me.

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

    47 He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don't hear, because you are not of God."

  • John 5:38-40
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    38 You don't have his word living in you; because you don't believe him whom he sent.

    39 "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

    40 Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.

  • John 8:36
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    36 If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

  • John 8:51-52
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    51 Most assuredly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death."

    52 Then the Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, 'If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.'

  • John 8:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32 You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

    33 They answered him, "We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, 'You will be made free?'"

  • John 5:42
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    42 But I know you, that you don't have God's love in yourselves.

  • John 8:55-56
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    55 You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I don't know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.

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

  • John 16:2-3
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    2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

    3 They will do these things{TR adds "to you"} because they have not known the Father, nor me.

  • John 8:19-24
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    19 They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."

    20 Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

    21 Jesus said therefore again to them, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can't come."

    22 The Jews therefore said, "Will he kill himself, that he says, 'Where I am going, you can't come?'"

    23 He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.

    24 I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."

  • John 7:19
    72%

    19 Didn't Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?"

  • John 7:7
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    7 The world can't hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

  • John 15:24-25
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    24 If I hadn't done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn't have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.

    25 But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'

  • Acts 7:52
    70%

    52 Which of the prophets didn't your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.

  • John 8:13-15
    3 verses
    70%

    13 The Pharisees therefore said to him, "You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid."

    14 Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don't know where I came from, or where I am going.

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

  • John 7:36
    69%

    36 What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come?'"

  • John 7:34
    69%

    34 You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come."

  • John 15:18
    69%

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

  • John 17:14
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    14 I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

  • Luke 3:8
    69%

    8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and don't begin to say among yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father;' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!

  • Rom 9:7
    69%

    7 Neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your seed be called."

  • John 8:26
    69%

    26 I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world."

  • John 15:4
    69%

    4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

  • John 8:49
    68%

    49 Jesus answered, "I don't have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

  • John 18:8
    68%

    8 Jesus answered, "I told you that I AM. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,"

  • John 7:25
    68%

    25 Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this he whom they seek to kill?

  • John 3:11
    68%

    11 Most assuredly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't receive our witness.

  • John 10:26
    68%

    26 But you don't believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.

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