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John 8:41 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. "
John 8:41
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
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John 8:1
"Jesus went unto the mount of Olives."
John 8:2
"And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them."
John 8:3
"And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,"
John 8:4
"They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act."
John 8:5
"Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?"
John 8:6
"This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not."
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