Parallel Verses
NET Bible
You people are doing the deeds of your father." Then they said to Jesus, "We were not born as a result of immorality! We have only one Father, God himself."
New American Standard Bible
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.
Holman Bible
“We weren’t born
International Standard Version
You are doing your father's actions." They told him, "We're not illegitimate children. We have one Father, God himself."
A Conservative Version
Ye do the works of your father. They said therefore to him, We were not begotten from fornication. We have one Father, God.
American Standard Version
Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
You people are doing what your father does." They said to Him, "We were not born illegitimately; the only Father we have is God."
Anderson New Testament
You do the works of your father. They said to him: We were not born of lewdness; we have one father, God.
Bible in Basic English
You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God.
Common New Testament
You do the deeds of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father God."
Daniel Mace New Testament
your actions are like your father. at this they reply'd, we are no bastards; we have but one father, even God.
Darby Translation
Ye do the works of your father. They said therefore to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, God.
Godbey New Testament
You are doing the works of your father. They said to Him, We are not born of fornication; we have one Father, God.
Goodspeed New Testament
You are doing as your father does." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children. We have one father, God himself."
John Wesley New Testament
Abraham did not thus. Ye do the deeds of your father. They said to him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Julia Smith Translation
Ye do the works of your father. Then said they to him, We have not been born of fornication; for we have one Father, God.
King James 2000
You do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You are doing the deeds of your father!" They said to him, "We were not born from sexual immorality! We have one father, God!"
Modern King James verseion
You do the deeds of your father. Then they said to Him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, even God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ye do the deeds of your father." Then said they unto him, "We were not born of fornication. We have one father which is God."
Moffatt New Testament
You do the deeds of your father." They said to him, "We are no bastards: we have one father, even God."
Montgomery New Testament
"You are doing the deeds of your father." "We were not born of adultery," they said; "we have one Father, God."
New Heart English Bible
You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."
Noyes New Testament
Ye do the works of your father. They said to him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, God.
Sawyer New Testament
You do the works of your father. They said to him, We were not born by fornication, we have one father, God.
The Emphasized Bible
Ye, are doing the works of your father. They said unto him - We, of fornication, were not born: One father, have we - God.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We are not born of whoredom; we have one Father, even God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
You are doing what your own father does." "We are not bastards," they said, "we have one Father--God himself."
Webster
Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Weymouth New Testament
You are doing the deeds of your father." "We," they replied, "are not illegitimate children. We have one Father, namely God."
Williams New Testament
You are practicing what your real father does." They said to Him, "We are not illegitimate children; we have one Father, even God."
World English Bible
You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."
Worrell New Testament
Ye do the works of your father." They say to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father??od."
Worsley New Testament
But ye do the works of your father. Then said they unto Him, We are not born of fornication, we have one Father, even God.
Youngs Literal Translation
ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, 'We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have -- God;'
Themes
Evil » Words evil words of men » Works
Jesus Christ » The words that jesus Christ spoke
Jews, the » National character of » Pride of descent, &c
Self-delusion » Exemplified » Jews
Self-righteousness » Instances of » Pharisees
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 8:41
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Priority Of Jesus Over Abraham
40 But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this! 41 You people are doing the deeds of your father." Then they said to Jesus, "We were not born as a result of immorality! We have only one Father, God himself." 42 Jesus replied, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me.
Cross References
Isaiah 63:16
For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, Lord, are our father; you have been called our protector from ancient times.
Isaiah 64:8
Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.
John 8:38
I am telling you the things I have seen while with the Father; as for you, practice the things you have heard from the Father!"
John 8:44
You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
Deuteronomy 32:6
Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your creator? He has made you and established you.
Exodus 4:22
You must say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord, "Israel is my son, my firstborn,
Deuteronomy 14:1
You are children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead.
Isaiah 57:3-7
But approach, you sons of omen readers, you offspring of adulteresses and prostitutes!
Jeremiah 3:19
"I thought to myself, 'Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son! What a joy it would be for me to give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!' I thought you would call me, 'Father' and would never cease being loyal to me.
Jeremiah 31:20
Indeed, the people of Israel are my dear children. They are the children I take delight in. For even though I must often rebuke them, I still remember them with fondness. So I am deeply moved with pity for them and will surely have compassion on them. I, the Lord, affirm it!
Ezekiel 16:20-21
"'You took your sons and your daughters whom you bore to me and you sacrificed them as food for the idols to eat. As if your prostitution not enough,
Ezekiel 23:45-47
But upright men will punish them appropriately for their adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.
Hosea 1:2
When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, he said to him, "Go marry a prostitute who will bear illegitimate children conceived through prostitution, because the nation continually commits spiritual prostitution by turning away from the Lord."
Hosea 2:2-5
Plead earnestly with your mother (for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband), so that she might put an end to her adulterous lifestyle, and turn away from her sexually immoral behavior.
Malachi 1:6
"A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects his master. If I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The Lord who rules over all asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply, 'How have we made light of your name?'
Malachi 2:11
Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy things that the Lord loves and has turned to a foreign god!