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John 8:41
Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
John 8:41 · American Standard Version
John 8:41 in other translations
Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
You do the works of your father.” They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God.”
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In context
38 I speak the things which I have seen with my Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from your father.
39 They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.
41 Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were 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 came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come 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 it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth 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 thereof.
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