Interpretation of the Gospel of John

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I say what I have seen in My Father;

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but you do what you have seen in your father.

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And they answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them,

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if you had been the children of Abraham, you would have done the works of Abraham

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The man who told you the truth that he heard from God,

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Abraham did not do that.

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And they said to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, God.

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Israel is my son, my firstborn;

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Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and came;

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for I did not come of myself, but he sent me.

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Why do you not understand My speech?

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For you cannot hear my words.

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Your father is the devil;

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and you want to fulfill the lusts of your father.

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He was a murderer from the beginning

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and did not stand in the truth,

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