John 8:45 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴⁵ But because I tell [you] the truth, you do not believe me.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁵ And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁵ But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me [do not trust Me, do not rely on Me, or adhere to Me].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁵ But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.

Common English Bible

⁴⁵ Because I speak the truth, you don’t believe me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁵ But if I speak the truth, you do not believe me.

John 8:45 Cross References

John 18:37

So, Pilate said to Him, “Are you a king, then?” Jesus answered, “You are [correct in] calling me a ‘king.’ This was the [very] purpose for which I was born and came into the world, that I should testify about the truth. Every person who wants [to know and obey] the truth listens to me.”

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about its deeds, that they are evil.

John 8:46

Which one of you can prove me guilty of sinning? If I tell you the truth, why do you not believe me?

Galatians 4:16

So then, have I [now] become your enemy because I have told you the truth [about your condition]?

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and all kinds of wicked deception toward those people who are perishing [spiritually], because they refused to love the truth so they could be saved.