John 8:39 · KJV
“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.”
— John 8:39
I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
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.
John 8 — Context
I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
38I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
39They 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.
40But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
41Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, {even} God.
Cross References
Galatians 3:7
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
Romans 9:7
Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, {are they} all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
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.
Romans 2:28-29
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither {is that} circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Matthew 5:45
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Matthew 3:9
And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to {our} father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Romans 4:12
And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which {he had} being {yet} uncircumcised.
James 2:22-24
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? {Seest...: or, Thou seest}