John 8:43

John chapter 8 · verse 43 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Why 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.