John 8:41

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But you are doing exactly what your father does.” “Don't accuse us of having someone else as our father!” they said. “We just have one father, and he is God.”

Cross References

Exodus 4:22

Then tell him that I have said, “Israel is my firstborn son,

Isaiah 63:16

Our ancestors Abraham and Jacob have both rejected us. But you are still our Father; you have been our protector since ancient times.

Isaiah 64:8

You, LORD, are our Father. We are nothing but clay, but you are the potter who moulded us.

Jeremiah 3:19

I have always wanted to treat you as my children and give you the best land, the most beautiful on earth. I wanted you to call me “Father” and not turn from me.

Jeremiah 31:20

People of Israel, you are my own dear children. Don't I love you best of all? Though I often make threats, I want you to be near me, so I will have mercy on you. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Hosea 1:2

The LORD said, “Hosea, Israel has betrayed me like an unfaithful wife. Marry such a woman and have children by her.”

Malachi 1:6

I, the LORD All-Powerful, have something to say to you priests. Children respect their fathers, and servants respect their masters. I am your father and your master, so why don't you respect me? You priests have insulted me, and now you ask, “How did we insult you?”

Malachi 2:11

You people in Judah and Jerusalem have been unfaithful to the LORD. You have disgraced the temple that he loves, and you have committed the disgusting sin of worshipping other gods.

John 8:38

I am telling you what my Father has shown me, just as you are doing what your father has taught you.

John 8:44

Your father is the devil, and you do exactly what he wants. He has always been a murderer and a liar. There is nothing truthful about him. He speaks on his own, and everything he says is a lie. Not only is he a liar himself, but he is also the father of all lies.

Deuteronomy 14:1

People of Israel, you are the LORD's children, so when you mourn for the dead, you must not cut yourselves or shave your forehead.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Israel, the LORD is your Father, the one who created you, but you repaid him by being foolish.

1 John 3:12

Don't be like Cain, who belonged to the devil and murdered his own brother. Why did he murder him? He did it because his brother was good, and he was evil.