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39 [a]They answered and said to him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them,(A) “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works of Abraham.

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  1. 8:39 The works of Abraham: Abraham believed; cf. Rom 4:11–17; Jas 2:21–23.

39 “Abraham is our father,” they answered.

“If you were Abraham’s children,”(A) said Jesus, “then you would[a] do what Abraham did.

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  1. John 8:39 Some early manuscripts “If you are Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then

41 You are doing the works of your father!” [So] they said to him, “We are not illegitimate. We have one Father, God.”(A)

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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)

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