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John 8:37

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you are seeking to put me to death, because my Message finds no place in your hearts.

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For the mind of this nation has grown dense, And their ears are dull of hearing, Their eyes also have they closed; Lest some day they should perceive with their eyes, And with their ears they should hear, And in their mind they should understand, and should turn--And I should heal them.'

And do not think that you can say among yourselves 'Abraham is our ancestor,' for I tell you that out of these very stones God is able to raise descendants for Abraham!

The Jews again brought stones to throw at him;

So from that day they plotted to put Jesus to death.

How can you believe in me, when you receive honor from one another and do not desire the honor which comes from the only God?

After this, Jesus went about in Galilee, for he would not do so in Judea, because the Jews were eager to put him to death.

Was not it Moses who gave you the Law? Yet not one of you obeys it! Why are you seeking to put me to death?"

At this some of the people of Jerusalem exclaimed: "Is not this the man that they are seeking to put to death?

"We are descendants of Abraham," was their answer, "and have never yet been in slavery to any one. What do you mean by saying 'you will be set free'?"

How is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my Message.

Your ancestor Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; and he did see it, and was glad."

At this they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and left the Temple Courts.

Brothers, descendants of Abraham, and all those among you who reverence God, it was to us that the Message of this Salvation was sent.

Nor, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all his Children; but-'It is Isaac's children who will be called thy descendants.'

The merely intellectual man rejects the teaching of the Spirit of God; for to him it is mere folly; he cannot grasp it, because it is to be understood only by spiritual insight.

I write, Fathers, to you, because you have learned to know him who has been from the Beginning. I write, Young Men, to you, because you are strong, and God's Message is always in your hearts, and you have conquered the Evil One.




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