John 8:37-39

International Standard Version

The Real Children of Abraham

³⁷ “I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are trying to kill me because you’ve not received what I’ve told you. ³⁸ I declare what I’ve seen in my^[a] Father’s presence, and you’re doing what you’ve heard from your father.”

³⁹ They replied to him, “Our father is Abraham!”

Jesus told them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing what Abraham did.^[b]