Parallel Verses
Amplified
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Holman Bible
“We weren’t born
International Standard Version
You are doing your father's actions." They told him, "We're not illegitimate children. We have one Father, God himself."
A Conservative Version
Ye do the works of your father. They said therefore to him, We were not begotten from fornication. We have one Father, God.
American Standard Version
Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
An Understandable Version
You people are doing what your father does." They said to Him, "We were not born illegitimately; the only Father we have is God."
Anderson New Testament
You do the works of your father. They said to him: We were not born of lewdness; we have one father, God.
Bible in Basic English
You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God.
Common New Testament
You do the deeds of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father God."
Daniel Mace New Testament
your actions are like your father. at this they reply'd, we are no bastards; we have but one father, even God.
Darby Translation
Ye do the works of your father. They said therefore to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, God.
Godbey New Testament
You are doing the works of your father. They said to Him, We are not born of fornication; we have one Father, God.
Goodspeed New Testament
You are doing as your father does." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children. We have one father, God himself."
John Wesley New Testament
Abraham did not thus. Ye do the deeds of your father. They said to him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Julia Smith Translation
Ye do the works of your father. Then said they to him, We have not been born of fornication; for we have one Father, God.
King James 2000
You do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You are doing the deeds of your father!" They said to him, "We were not born from sexual immorality! We have one father, God!"
Modern King James verseion
You do the deeds of your father. Then they said to Him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, even God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ye do the deeds of your father." Then said they unto him, "We were not born of fornication. We have one father which is God."
Moffatt New Testament
You do the deeds of your father." They said to him, "We are no bastards: we have one father, even God."
Montgomery New Testament
"You are doing the deeds of your father." "We were not born of adultery," they said; "we have one Father, God."
NET Bible
You people are doing the deeds of your father." Then they said to Jesus, "We were not born as a result of immorality! We have only one Father, God himself."
New Heart English Bible
You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."
Noyes New Testament
Ye do the works of your father. They said to him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, God.
Sawyer New Testament
You do the works of your father. They said to him, We were not born by fornication, we have one father, God.
The Emphasized Bible
Ye, are doing the works of your father. They said unto him - We, of fornication, were not born: One father, have we - God.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We are not born of whoredom; we have one Father, even God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
You are doing what your own father does." "We are not bastards," they said, "we have one Father--God himself."
Webster
Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Weymouth New Testament
You are doing the deeds of your father." "We," they replied, "are not illegitimate children. We have one Father, namely God."
Williams New Testament
You are practicing what your real father does." They said to Him, "We are not illegitimate children; we have one Father, even God."
World English Bible
You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."
Worrell New Testament
Ye do the works of your father." They say to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father??od."
Worsley New Testament
But ye do the works of your father. Then said they unto Him, We are not born of fornication, we have one Father, even God.
Youngs Literal Translation
ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, 'We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have -- God;'
Themes
Evil » Words evil words of men » Works
Jesus Christ » The words that jesus Christ spoke
Jews, the » National character of » Pride of descent, &c
Self-delusion » Exemplified » Jews
Self-righteousness » Instances of » Pharisees
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 8:41
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Priority Of Jesus Over Abraham
40
Cross References
Isaiah 63:16
For [most certainly] You are our Father, even though Abraham [our ancestor] does not know us
And Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, O Lord, are [still] our Father,
Our Redeemer from everlasting is Your name.
Isaiah 64:8
Yet, O Lord, You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our Potter,
And we all are the work of Your hand.
John 8:38
John 8:44
Deuteronomy 32:6
“Do you thus repay the Lord,
O foolish and unwise people?
Is not He your Father who has acquired you [as His own]?
He has made you and established you [as a nation].
Exodus 4:22
Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Israel is My son, My firstborn.
Deuteronomy 14:1
“You are the sons of the Lord your God;
Isaiah 57:3-7
“But come here, you sons of a sorceress [raised in deception and superstition],
Offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute.
Jeremiah 3:19
“Then I said,
And give you a pleasant land—a wonderful heritage,
The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!’
And I said, ‘You shall call Me, My Father
And not turn away from following Me.’
Jeremiah 31:20
“Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a darling and beloved child?
For as often as I have spoken against him,
I certainly still remember him.
Therefore My affection is renewed and My heart longs for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,” says the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:20-21
“Moreover, you took your sons and your daughters whom you had borne to Me, and you destroyed them as sacrifices [to your man-made gods]. Were your gross immoralities so small a matter?
Ezekiel 23:45-47
And they, righteous men, will judge and condemn them with the judgment (punishment) of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.
Hosea 1:2
When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, take for yourself a
Hosea 2:2-5
“Contend with your mother (nation); contend,
For she is not my wife and I am not her husband;
And have her remove her [marks of] prostitution from her face
And her adultery from between her breasts
Malachi 1:6
“‘A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a Father, where is My honor? And if I am a Master, where is the [reverent] fear and respect due Me?’ says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise My name. But you say, ‘How and in what way have we despised Your name?’
Malachi 2:11
Judah has been treacherous (disloyal), and an repulsive act has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.