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John 8:39-41
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
John 8:39-41
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jesus and Abraham
39 They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you are Abraham’s children, you would do[a] what Abraham did,(A) 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.”(B)
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- 8.39 Other ancient authorities read you were . . . you would do or you are . . . then do
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