John 8:39 - English Standard Version 2016

³⁹ They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ They retorted, Abraham is our father. Jesus said, If you were [truly] Abraham's children, then you would do the works of Abraham [follow his example, do as Abraham did].

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

Common English Bible

³⁹ They replied, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus responded, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do Abraham’s works.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ They responded and said to him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them: "If you are the sons of Abraham, then do the works of Abraham.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁹ They answered, and said to him: Abraham is our father. Jesus saith to them: If you be the children of Abraham, do the works of Abraham.

John 8:39 Cross References

Matthew 3:9

And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

John 8:33

They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”

John 8:37

I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.

John 8:43

Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

John 8:56

Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.”

Romans 4:12

and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

Romans 4:16

That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

Romans 9:7

and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.”

Galatians 3:29

And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.

Galatians 3:7

Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham.