DB1 | Your Father the Devil Jn.8.39-47 | NEB Contents | notes| 8 | New English Bible (New Testament) | Passage | New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
| 39 | They ' retorted, 'Abraham is our father.' 'If you were Abraham's children', Jesus replied, 'you would do as Abraham did. Some witnesses read: 'If you are Abraham's children', Jesus replied, 'do as Abraham did.' | Your Father the Devil Jn.8.39-47 (Jerusalem) | Ἀπεκρίθησαν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ, Ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν Ἀβραάμ ἐστιν. λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Εἰ τέκνα τοῦ Ἀβραάμ ἐστε, τὰ ἐργα τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ ἐποιεῖτε· |
| 40 | As it is, you are bent on killing me, a man who told you the truth, as I heard it from God. ' | νῦν δὲ ζητεῖτέ με ἀποκτεῖναι, ἄνθρωπον ὃς τὴν ἀλήθειαν ὑμῖν λελάληκα ἣν ἠκουσα παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ· τοῦτο Ἀβραὰμ οὐκ ἐποίησεν. | |
| 41 | That is not how Abraham acted. You are doing your own father's work.' They said, 'We are not base-born; God is our father, and God alone.' | ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε τὰ ἐργα τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν. εἶπαν οὖν αὐτῷ, Ἡμεῖς ἐκ πορνείας οὐ γεγεννήμεθα· ἑνα πατέρα ἐχομεν τὸν θεόν. | |
| 42 | Jesus said, 'If God were your father, you would love me, for God is the source of my being, and from him I come. I have not come of my own accord; he sent me. | εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Εἰ ὁ θεὸς πατὴρ ὑμῶν ἦν, ἠγαπᾶτε ἂν ἐμέ, ἐγὼ γὰρ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐξῆλθον καὶ ἡκω· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἀπ' ἐμαυτοῦ ἐλήλυθα, ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνός με ἀπέστειλεν. | |
| 43 | Why do you not understand my language? It is because my revelation is beyond your grasp. | διὰ τί τὴν λαλιὰν τὴν ἐμὴν οὐ γινώσκετὲ; ὅτι οὐ δύνασθε ἀκούειν τὸν λόγον τὸν ἐμόν. | |
| 44 | 'Your father is the devil and you choose to carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and is not rooted in the truth; there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie he is speaking his own language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. | ὑμεῖς ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ διαβόλου ἐστὲ καὶ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν θέλετε ποιεῖν. ἐκεῖνος ἄνθρωποκτόνος ἦν ἀπ' ἀρχῆς, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ οὐκ ἐστηκεν, ὅτι οὐκ ἐστιν ἀλήθεια ἐν αὐτῷ. ὅταν λαλῇ τὸ ψεῦδος, ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων λαλεῖ, ὅτι ψεύστης ἐστὶν καὶ ὁ πατὴ | |
| 45 | But I speak the truth and therefore you do not believe me. | ἐγὼ δὲ ὅτι τὴν ἀλήθειαν λέγω, οὐ πιστεύετέ μοι. | |
| 46 | Which of you can prove me in the wrong? Or: Which of you convicts me of sin? If what I say is true, why do you not believe me? | τίς ἐξ ὑμῶν ἐλέγχει με περὶ ἀμαρτίας; εἰ ἀλήθειαν λέγω, διὰ τί ὑμεῖς οὐ πιστεύετέ μοὶ; | |
| 47 | He who has God for his father listens to the words of God. You are not God's children; that is why you do not listen.' | ὁ ὢν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ θεοῦ ἀκούει· διὰ τοῦτο ὑμεῖς οὐκ ἀκούετε, ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ἐστέ. | |