John 8:39

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

They answered and said to him, `Our father is Abraham;' Jesus saith to them, `If children of Abraham ye were, the works of Abraham ye were doing;

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  • Gal 3:7 : 7 know ye, then, that those of faith -- these are sons of Abraham,
  • John 8:37 : 37 `I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you;
  • Rom 9:7 : 7 nor because they are seed of Abraham `are' all children, but -- `in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'
  • Matt 3:9 : 9 and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have -- Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 and if ye `are' of Christ then of Abraham ye are seed, and according to promise -- heirs.
  • Jas 2:22-24 : 22 dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected? 23 and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called. 24 Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;
  • Rom 2:28-29 : 28 For he is not a Jew who is `so' outwardly, neither `is' circumcision that which is outward in flesh; 29 but a Jew `is' he who is `so' inwardly, and circumcision `is' of the heart, in spirit, not in letter, of which the praise is not of men, but of God.
  • Rom 4:12 : 12 and father of circumcision to those not of circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of the faith, that `is' in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 Because of this `it is' of faith, that `it may be' according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which `is' of the law only, but also to that which `is' of the faith of Abraham,

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    36if then the son may make you free, in reality ye shall be free.

    37`I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you;

    38I -- that which I have seen with my Father do speak, and ye, therefore, that which ye have seen with your father -- ye do.'

  • John 8:40-47
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    40and now, ye seek to kill me -- a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not;

    41ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, `We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have -- God;'

    42Jesus then said to them, `If God were your father, ye were loving me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of myself, but He sent me;

    43wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.

    44`Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father.

    45`And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me.

    46Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?

    47he who is of God, the sayings of God he doth hear; because of this ye do not hear, because of God ye are not.'

  • Luke 3:8
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    8make, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have a father -- Abraham; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham;

  • Matt 3:9
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    9and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have -- Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,

  • John 8:33-34
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    33They answered him, `Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say -- Ye shall become free?'

    34Jesus answered them, `Verily, verily, I say to you -- Every one who is committing sin, is a servant of the sin,

  • John 8:52-58
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    52The Jews, therefore, said to him, `Now we have known that thou hast a demon; Abraham did die, and the prophets, and thou dost say, If any one may keep my word, he shall not taste of death -- to the age!

    53Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom dost thou make thyself?'

    54Jesus answered, `If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who is glorifying me, of whom ye say that He is your God;

    55and ye have not known Him, and I have known Him, and if I say that I have not known Him, I shall be like you -- speaking falsely; but I have known Him, and His word I keep;

    56Abraham, your father, was glad that he might see my day; and he saw, and did rejoice.'

    57The Jews, therefore, said unto him, `Thou art not yet fifty years old, and Abraham hast thou seen?'

    58Jesus said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming -- I am;'

  • Gal 3:7
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    7know ye, then, that those of faith -- these are sons of Abraham,

  • John 8:19
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    19They said, therefore, to him, `Where is thy father?' Jesus answered, `Ye have neither known me nor my Father: if me ye had known, my Father also ye had known.'

  • John 6:28-30
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    28They said therefore unto him, `What may we do that we may work the works of God?'

    29Jesus answered and said to them, `This is the work of God, that ye may believe in him whom He did send.'

    30They said therefore to him, `What sign, then, dost thou, that we may see and may believe thee? what dost thou work?

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    25Jesus answered them, `I told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me;

  • John 10:37-38
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    37if I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me;

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  • Rom 9:7-8
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    7nor because they are seed of Abraham `are' all children, but -- `in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

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  • Rom 4:1-2
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    1What, then, shall we say Abraham our father, to have found, according to flesh?

    2for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast -- but not before god;

  • Gal 3:29
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    29and if ye `are' of Christ then of Abraham ye are seed, and according to promise -- heirs.

  • John 10:32
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    32Jesus answered them, `Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?'

  • Acts 3:25
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    25`Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made unto our fathers, saying unto Abraham: And in thy seed shall be blessed all the families of the earth;

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    17And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, and I work;'

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  • Jas 2:21
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    21Abraham our father -- was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar?

  • John 8:23-24
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    23and he said to them, `Ye are from beneath, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world;

    24I said, therefore, to you, that ye shall die in your sins, for if ye may not believe that I am `he', ye shall die in your sins.'

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    38and His word ye have not remaining in you, because whom He sent, him ye do not believe.

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    28Jesus, therefore, said to them, `When ye may lift up the Son of Man then ye will know that I am `he'; and of myself I do nothing, but according as my Father did teach me, these things I speak;

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    18of whom it was said -- `In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'