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John 8:43
Wherefore, is it, that, my speech, ye do not understand? because ye cannot hear my word.
John 8:43 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
John 8:43 in other translations
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word.
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In context
40 But, now, ye are seeking, to kill me,—A man who, the truth, unto you, hath spoken, which I have heard from God: this, Abraham, did not.
41 Ye, are doing the works of your father. They said unto him—We, of fornication, were not born: One father, have we—God.
42 Jesus said unto them—If, God, had been your father, ye had been loving me, for, I, from God, came forth, and am here; for, not even of myself, have I come, but, he, sent me forth.
43 Wherefore, is it, that, my speech, ye do not understand? because ye cannot hear my word.
44 Ye, are, of your father—the adversary, and, the covetings of your father, ye choose to be doing. He, was, a murderer, from the beginning, and, in the truth, he stood not; because truth is not in him: Whensoever he speaketh falsehood, of his own, he speaketh; because, false, he is, and, the father of it.
45 But, as for me, because, the truth, I speak, ye do not believe me.
46 Which of you convicteth me of sin? If, truth, I speak, wherefore, do, ye, not believe me?
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