John 8:41

Good News Translation

You are doing what your father did.” “God himself is the only Father we have,” they answered, “and we are his true children.”

Cross References

Exodus 4:22

Then you must tell him that I, the Lord, say, ‘Israel is my first-born son.

Isaiah 63:16

You are our father. Our ancestors Abraham and Jacob do not acknowledge us, but you, Lord, are our father, the one who has always rescued us.

Isaiah 64:8

But you are our father, Lord. We are like clay, and you are like the potter. You created us,

Jeremiah 3:19

The Lord says, “Israel, I wanted to accept you as my child and give you a delightful land, the most beautiful land in all the world. I wanted you to call me father and never again turn away from me.

Jeremiah 31:20

“Israel, you are my dearest child, the one I love best. Whenever I mention your name, I think of you with love. My heart goes out to you; I will be merciful.

Hosea 1:2

When the Lord first spoke to Israel through Hosea, he said to Hosea, “Go and get married; your wife will be unfaithful, and your children will be just like her. In the same way my people have left me and become unfaithful.”

Malachi 1:6

The Lord Almighty says to the priests, “Children honor their parents, and servants honor their masters. I am your father—why don't you honor me? I am your master—why don't you respect me? You despise me, and yet you ask, ‘How have we despised you?’

Malachi 2:11

The people of Judah have broken their promise to God and done a horrible thing in Jerusalem and all over the country. They have defiled the Temple which the Lord loves. Men have married women who worship foreign gods.

John 8:38

I talk about what my Father has shown me, but you do what your father has told you.”

John 8:44

You are the children of your father, the Devil, and you want to follow your father's desires. From the very beginning he was a murderer and has never been on the side of truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he is only doing what is natural to him, because he is a liar and the father of all lies.

Deuteronomy 14:1

“You are the people of the Lord your God. So when you mourn for the dead, don't gash yourselves or shave the front of your head, as other people do.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this the way you should treat the Lord, you foolish, senseless people? He is your father, your Creator, he made you into a nation.

1 John 3:12

We must not be like Cain; he belonged to the Evil One and murdered his own brother Abel. Why did Cain murder him? Because the things he himself did were wrong, and the things his brother did were right.