John 8:37-40

37 "I know that you are ¹Abraham's descendants; yet ²you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.

38 "I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from ³your father."

39 They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is ⁴our father." Jesus said to them, "⁵If you are Abraham's children, do the deeds of Abraham.

40 "But as it is, ⁶you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has ⁷told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 3:9; John 8:39
• 2. John 7:1; John 8:40
• 3. John 8:41, 44
• 4. Matthew 3:9; John 8:37
• 5. Romans 9:7; Galatians 3:7
• 6. John 7:1; John 8:37
• 7. John 8:26

Footnotes

• [a] Or "makes no progress"
• [b] Or "in the presence of"