John 8:39

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They answered him,“Abraham is our father!” Jesus replied,“If you are Abraham’s children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham.

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  • Gal 3:7 : 7 so then, understand that those who believe are the sons of Abraham.
  • John 8:37 : 37 I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. But you want to kill me, because my teaching makes no progress among you.
  • Rom 9:7 : 7 nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather“through Isaac will your descendants be counted.”
  • Matt 3:9 : 9 and don’t think you can say to yourselves,‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.
  • Jas 2:22-24 : 22 You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works. 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says,“Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend. 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
  • Rom 2:28-29 : 28 For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh, 29 but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit and not by the letter. This person’s praise is not from people but from God.
  • Rom 4:12 : 12 And he is also the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants– not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

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  • John 8:36-38
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    36So if the son sets you free, you will be really free.

    37I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. But you want to kill me, because my teaching makes no progress among you.

    38I 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 8:40-47
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    40But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!

    41You 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.”

    42Jesus 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.

    43Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.

    44You 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.

    45But because I am telling you the truth, you do not believe me.

    46Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don’t you believe me?

    47The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, because you don’t belong to God.”

  • Luke 3:8
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    8Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance, and don’t begin to say to yourselves,‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

  • Matt 3:9
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    9and don’t think you can say to yourselves,‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

  • John 8:33-34
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    33“We are descendants of Abraham,” they replied,“and have never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say,‘You will become free’?”

    34Jesus answered them,“I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin.

  • John 8:52-58
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    52Then the Judeans responded,“Now we know you’re possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say,‘If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.’

    53You aren’t greater than our father Abraham who died, are you? And the prophets died too! Who do you claim to be?”

    54Jesus replied,“If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people say,‘He is our God.’

    55Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.

    56Your father Abraham was overjoyed to see my day, and he saw it and was glad.”

    57Then the Judeans replied,“You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?”

    58Jesus said to them,“I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!”

  • Gal 3:7
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    7so then, understand that those who believe are the sons of Abraham.

  • John 8:19
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    19Then they began asking him,“Who is your father?” Jesus answered,“You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too.”

  • John 6:28-30
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    28So then they said to him,“What must we do to accomplish the deeds God requires?”

    29Jesus replied,“This is the deed God requires– to believe in the one whom he sent.”

    30So they said to him,“Then what miraculous sign will you perform, so that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?

  • John 10:25
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    25Jesus replied,“I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father’s name testify about me.

  • John 10:37-38
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    37If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.

    38But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may come to know and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.”

  • Rom 9:7-8
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    7nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather“through Isaac will your descendants be counted.”

    8This means it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.

  • Rom 4:1-2
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    1The Illustration of Justification What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has discovered regarding this matter?

    2For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has something to boast about– but not before God.

  • Gal 3:29
    71%

    29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.

  • John 10:32
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    32Jesus said to them,“I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?”

  • Acts 3:25
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    25You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham,‘And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.’

  • John 5:17
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    17So he told them,“My Father is working until now, and I too am working.”

  • John 8:31
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    31Abraham’s Children and the Devil’s Children Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him,“If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples

  • Luke 16:29
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    29But Abraham said,‘They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to them.’

  • John 9:41
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    41Jesus replied,“If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains.

  • Jas 2:21
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    21Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

  • John 8:23-24
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    23Jesus replied,“You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

    24Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”

  • John 5:38-39
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    38nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

    39You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

  • John 6:42
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    42and they said,“Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say,‘I have come down from heaven’?”

  • John 10:34
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    34Jesus answered,“Is it not written in your law,‘I said, you are gods’?

  • John 8:28
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    28Then Jesus said,“When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me.

  • Heb 11:18
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    18God had told him,“Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,”