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John 8:39-41
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
John 8:39-41
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Jesus and Abraham
39 They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing[a] what Abraham did, 40 but now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are indeed doing what your father does.” They said to him, “We are not illegitimate children; we have one father, God himself.”
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- John 8:39 Other ancient authorities read If you are Abraham’s children, then do
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