John 8:41 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴¹ You people are doing what your father does.” They said to Him, “We were not born illegitimately; the only Father we have is God.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴¹ You are doing the works of your [own] father. They said to Him, We are not illegitimate children and born out of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁴¹ You are doing your father’s works.” They said, “Our ancestry isn’t in question! The only Father we have is God!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴¹ You do the works of your father." Therefore, they said to him: "We were not born out of fornication. We have one father: God."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

John 8:41 Cross References

John 8:38

I am telling [you] about what I have seen in my Father’s presence; but you [should] do what you have heard from your father.”

John 8:44

You belong to your father the devil, and you are [always] wanting to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the [very] beginning [Note: This is probably a reference to Satan’s influence on Adam, Eve and Cain in the Garden of Eden] and does not stand for the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he only speaks what is part of his nature, because he is a liar and the father of [all] liars.

1 John 3:12

not [hate each other] the way Cain did, who belonged to the evil one [i.e., Satan], when he murdered his brother [Abel]. And why did he murder him? It was because his [own] actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous [See Heb. 11:4].