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John 8:41

You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὑμεῖςhumeisYou yourselvesG4771 →
ποιεῖτεpoieiteare doingG4160 →
τὰtatheG3588 →
ἔργαergaworksG2041 →
τοῦtouof theG3588 →
πατρὸςpatrosfatherG3962 →
ὑμῶν.humōnof you.G4771 →
εἶπανeipanThey saidG2036 →
οὖνounthereforeG3767 →
αὐτῷ·autōto Him;G846 →
ἡμεῖςhēmeisWe ourselvesG3165 →
ἐκekofG1537 →
πορνείαςporneiassexual immoralityG4202 →
οὐounotG3756 →
γεγεννήμεθα·gegennēmethahave been born;G1080 →
ἕναhenaoneG1520 →
πατέραpateraFatherG3962 →
ἔχομενechomenwe haveG2192 →
τὸνton<the>G3588 →
θεόν.¶theonGod.G2316 →

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2 Thessalonians 2:9The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.John 8:38I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”Isaiah 63:16Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.John 8:54Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say ‘He is our God.’Malachi 2:11Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.Malachi 2:10Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?Deuteronomy 32:6Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?Deuteronomy 14:1You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,Malachi 1:6“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’Isaiah 57:3–7“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!Jeremiah 3:19Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.Jeremiah 31:20Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.Exodus 4:22Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,Deuteronomy 23:2No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.Hosea 2:4I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.John 9:34They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.

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