37 I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet (A)you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.

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37 I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me,(A) because you have no room for my word.

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14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are (A)folly to him, and (B)he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

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14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God(A) but considers them foolishness,(B) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.

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45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 (A)Whoever is of God hears the words of God. (B)The reason why you do not hear them is that (C)you are not of God.”

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45 Yet because I tell the truth,(A) you do not believe me! 46 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47 Whoever belongs to God hears what God says.(B) The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

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and not all are children of Abraham (A)because they are his offspring, but (B)“Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.”

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Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 9:7 Gen. 21:12

Jesus at the Feast of Booths

After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because (A)the Jews[a] were seeking to kill him.

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  1. John 7:1 Or Judeans; Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time

Jesus Goes to the Festival of Tabernacles

After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want[a] to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders(A) there were looking for a way to kill him.(B)

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  1. John 7:1 Some manuscripts not have authority

59 So (A)they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

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59 At this, they picked up stones to stone him,(A) but Jesus hid himself,(B) slipping away from the temple grounds.

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26 “Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you (A)who fear God, to us has been sent (B)the message of (C)this salvation.

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26 “Fellow children of Abraham(A) and you God-fearing Gentiles, it is to us that this message of salvation(B) has been sent.

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43 (A)Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot (B)bear to hear my word.

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43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.

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39 Therefore they (A)could not believe. For again Isaiah said,

40 (B)“He has blinded their eyes
    and (C)hardened their heart,
lest they see with their eyes,
    and understand with their heart, and turn,
    and I would heal them.”

41 Isaiah said these things because (D)he saw his glory and (E)spoke of him. 42 Nevertheless, (F)many even of the authorities believed in him, but (G)for fear of the Pharisees they did not (H)confess it, so that they would not be (I)put out of the synagogue; 43 (J)for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

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39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:

40 “He has blinded their eyes
    and hardened their hearts,
so they can neither see with their eyes,
    nor understand with their hearts,
    nor turn—and I would heal them.”[a](A)

41 Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory(B) and spoke about him.(C)

42 Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him.(D) But because of the Pharisees(E) they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue;(F) 43 for they loved human praise(G) more than praise from God.(H)

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  1. John 12:40 Isaiah 6:10

53 So from that day on they (A)made plans to put him to death.

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53 So from that day on they plotted to take his life.(A)

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19 (A)Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. (B)Why do you seek to kill me?”

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19 Has not Moses given you the law?(A) Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”(B)

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31 (A)The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.

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31 Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him,(A)

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You Are of Your Father the Devil

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

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39 “Abraham is our father,” they answered.

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

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