John 8:44
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
44 You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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John 8:44
Authorized (King James) Version
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
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John 8:44
New English Translation
44 You people[a] are from[b] your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires.[c] He[d] was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth,[e] because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies,[f] he speaks according to his own nature,[g] because he is a liar and the father of lies.[h]
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- John 8:44 tn The word “people” is supplied in the translation to clarify that the Greek pronoun and verb are plural.
- John 8:44 tn Many translations read “You are of your father the devil” (KJV, ASV, RSV, NASB) or “You belong to your father, the devil” (NIV), but the Greek preposition ἐκ (ek) emphasizes the idea of source or origin. Jesus said his opponents were the devil’s very offspring (a statement which would certainly infuriate them).
- John 8:44 tn Grk “the desires of your father you want to do.”
- John 8:44 tn Grk “That one” (referring to the devil).
- John 8:44 tn Grk “he does not stand in the truth” (in the sense of maintaining, upholding, or accepting the validity of it).
- John 8:44 tn Grk “Whenever he speaks the lie.”
- John 8:44 tn Grk “he speaks from his own.”
- John 8:44 tn Grk “because he is a liar and the father of it.”
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