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"If you really were Abraham's children," Jesus replied, "you would do the same things that he did. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/john/8-39.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/john/8-39.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/john/8-39.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/john/1.htm">John</a> > <a href="/gntd/john/8.htm">Chapter 8</a> > Verse 39</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../john/8-38.htm" title="John 8:38">◄</a> John 8:39 <a href="../john/8-40.htm" title="John 8:40">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/john/8.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/john/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." "If you really were Abraham's children," Jesus replied, "you would do the same things that he did. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/john/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing what Abraham did,<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/john/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The people said to Jesus, "Abraham is our father!" Jesus replied, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/john/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They answered and said to him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works of Abraham.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/john/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />They answered and said to him: Abraham is our father. Jesus saith them: If you be the children of Abraham, do the works of Abraham.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">They answered and said to him: Abraham is our father. Jesus saith them: If you be the children of Abraham, do the works of Abraham.</p><p class="hdg">Abraham.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/8-33.htm">John 8:33</a> They answered him: We are the seed of Abraham: and we have never been slaves to any man. How sayest thou: You shall be free?</p><p class="hdg">If.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/8-37.htm">John 8:37</a> I know that you are the children of Abraham: but you seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/3-9.htm">Matthew 3:9</a> And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father. For I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/5-45.htm">Matthew 5:45</a> That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good, and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../romans/2-28.htm">Romans 2:28,29</a> For it is not he is a Jew, who is so outwardly: nor is that circumcision which is outwardly in the flesh. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../romans/4-12.htm">Romans 4:12,16</a> And he might be the father of circumcision; not to them only that are of the circumcision, but to them also that follow the steps of the faith that is in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../romans/9-7.htm">Romans 9:7</a> Neither are all they that are the seed of Abraham, children: but in Isaac shall thy seed be called.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../galatians/3-7.htm">Galatians 3:7,29</a> Know ye, therefore, that they who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../james/2-22.htm">James 2:22-24</a> Seest thou that faith did cooperate with his works and by works faith was made perfect? . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/john/8.htm">The Children of the Devil</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">38</span>I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do the things that you have seen with your father. <span class="reftext">39</span><span class="highl">They answered and said to him: Abraham is our father. Jesus saith them: If you be the children of Abraham, do the works of Abraham.</span> <span class="reftext">40</span>But now you seek to kill me, a man who have spoken the truth to you, which I have heard of God. This Abraham did not.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/3-9.htm">Matthew 3:9</a></span><br />And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father. For I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/8-33.htm">John 8:33</a></span><br />They answered him: We are the seed of Abraham: and we have never been slaves to any man. How sayest thou: You shall be free?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/8-37.htm">John 8:37</a></span><br />I know that you are the children of Abraham: but you seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/8-43.htm">John 8:43</a></span><br />Why do you not know my speech? Because you cannot hear my word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/8-56.htm">John 8:56</a></span><br />Abraham your father rejoiced that he might see my day: he saw it and was glad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../romans/2-28.htm">Romans 2:28</a></span><br />For it is not he is a Jew, who is so outwardly: nor is that circumcision which is outwardly in the flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../romans/9-7.htm">Romans 9:7</a></span><br />Neither are all they that are the seed of Abraham, children: but in Isaac shall thy seed be called.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../galatians/3-7.htm">Galatians 3:7</a></span><br />Know ye, therefore, that they who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/8-37.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/john/8-37.htm">Abraham's</a> <a href="/john/4-12.htm">Children</a> <a href="/john/7-7.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/john/8-34.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/7-18.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/8-40.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/john/8-58.htm">Abraham's</a> <a href="/john/8-41.htm">Children</a> <a href="/john/8-41.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/john/8-42.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/8-41.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/8-39.htm">John 8:39 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/john/8-39.htm">John 8:39 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/john/8-39.htm">John 8:39 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/john/8-39.htm">John 8:39 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/john/8-39.htm">John 8:39 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/8-39.htm">John 8:39 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/8-39.htm">John 8:39 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/john/8-39.htm">John 8:39 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/john/8-39.htm">John 8:39 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: Abraham Abraham's and answered are children deeds did do father Him If is Jesus of our said the them then they things to were would you<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/john/8-39.htm">NT Gospels: John 8:39 They answered him Our father is Abraham (Jhn Jo Jn) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools</a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="/catholic/">Catholic Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../john/8-38.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 8:38"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 8:38" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../john/8-40.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 8:40"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 8:40" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="8261988112"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>