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John 8:39

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They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

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The surrounding passage

  1. John 8:37

    I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

  2. John 8:38

    I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

  3. John 8:40

    But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

  4. John 8:41

    Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

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