John 8:43
John chapter 8 · verse 43 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word.
Context
v.42Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.
v.43This passage
v.44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 6:60
Many therefore of his disciples, when they heardthis, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?
- Jeremiah 6:10
To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
- John 5:43
I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
- Micah 4:12
But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.
- Romans 3:11
There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;
- Proverbs 28:5
Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.