36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet (A)you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. 38 (B)I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard (C)from your father.”

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39 They answered him, (D)“Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, (E)“If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, 40 but now (F)you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth (G)that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.

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36 So if the Son sets you free,(A) you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me,(B) because you have no room for my word. 38 I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence,(C) and you are doing what you have heard from your father.[a](D)

39 “Abraham is our father,” they answered.

“If you were Abraham’s children,”(E) said Jesus, “then you would[b] do what Abraham did. 40 As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me,(F) a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God.(G) Abraham did not do such things.

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Footnotes

  1. John 8:38 Or presence. Therefore do what you have heard from the Father.
  2. John 8:39 Some early manuscripts “If you are Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then