41You are doing the things your own father does." "We are not illegitimate children," they protested. "The only Father we have is God himself."


In Context

38 I am telling you what I have seen in the Father's presence, and you do what you have heard from your father. "

39 "Abraham is our father," they answered. "If you were Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then you would

40 do the things Abraham did. As it is, you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things.

41 You are doing the things your own father does." "We are not illegitimate children," they protested. "The only Father we have is God himself."

42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me.

43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.

John 8:41 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:41Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:41You do the works of your father. They said therefore to him: We are not born of fornication: we have one Father, even God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:41Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:41Ye do the works of your father. They said therefore to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:41Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:41Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:41You do the works of your father.| They said to him, |We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:41ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, 'We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have — God;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:41You do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.