For this people’s heart has grown callous; their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back – and I would heal them. ,
John 8:37 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I know you are descendants of Abraham, but you are trying to kill me because my word has no place among you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Yes] I know that you are Abraham's offspring; yet you plan to kill Me, because My word has no entrance (makes no progress, does not find any place) in you. American Standard Version (1901) I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you. Common English Bible I know that you are Abraham’s children, yet you want to kill me because you don’t welcome my teaching. Catholic Public Domain Version I know that you are sons of Abraham. But you are seeking to kill me, because my word has not taken hold in you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I know that you are the children of Abraham: but you seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. |
For this people’s heart has grown callous; their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back – and I would heal them. ,
And don’t presume to say to yourselves, “We have Abraham as our father.” For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.
How can you believe, since you accept glory from one another but don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?
After this, Jesus travelled in Galilee, since he did not want to travel in Judea because the Jews were trying to kill him.
Didn’t Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me? ’
Some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, ‘Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
‘We are descendants of Abraham,’ they answered him, ‘and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, “You will become free”? ’
Why don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to my word.
So they picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus was hidden , and went out of the temple. ,
They asked this to trap him, in order that they might have evidence to accuse him. Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with his finger.
‘Brothers and sisters, children of Abraham’s race, and those among you who fear God, it is to us that the word of this salvation has been sent.
Neither is it the case that all of Abraham’s children are his descendants. , On the contrary, your offspring will be traced through Isaac. ,
But the person without the Spirit does not receive what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated spiritually.
I have written to you, children, because you have come to know the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have come to know the one who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, God’s word remains in you, and you have conquered the evil one.