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John 8:41-43
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
John 8:41-43
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
41 You do what your father did.” They said to him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.”[a] 42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded and came forth from God; I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. 43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.
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- 8.41 They mean, “We are not idolaters,” and protest their fidelity to God their Father; see notes on Rev 14.4 and 17.2.
John 8:41-43
New International Version
John 8:41-43
New International Version
41 You are doing the works of your own father.”(A)
“We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”(B)
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me,(C) for I have come here from God.(D) I have not come on my own;(E) God sent me.(F) 43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.
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