SinaiJohn 8:42
American Standard Version
Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.
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John 8:42 in other translations
Therefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.
John 8:42 in context
- 40But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.
- 41Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
- 42Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.
- 43Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word.
- 44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth 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 thereof.