KJV King James Version
I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
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John 8:38
I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
WEB World English Bible
I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father.”
ASV American Standard Version
I speak the things which I have seen with my Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from your father.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I—that which I have seen with my Father do speak, and ye, therefore, that which ye have seen with your father—ye do.’
Surrounding context — John 8
35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: [but] the Son abideth ever.
36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
37 I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
39 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.
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.
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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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἃG3739 · hos, hēwhichἐγὼG1473 · egōI/weἑώρακαG3708 · horaōto see: seeπαρὰG3844 · parafrom/with/besideτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoπατρὶG3962 · patērfatherλαλῶ·G2980 · laleōto speakκαὶG2532 · kaiandὑμεῖςG4771 · suyouοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenἃG3739 · hos, hēwhichἠκούσατεG191 · akouōto hearπαρὰG3844 · parafrom/with/besideτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoπατρὸςG3962 · patērfatherποιεῖτε.¶G4160 · poieōto do/make: do
Cross-references
John 5:19Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.John 8:44Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.John 12:49-50For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.John 5:30I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.John 8:41Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.John 14:10Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.John 3:32And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.John 8:26I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.1 John 3:8-10He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.John 14:24He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.John 17:8For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received [them], and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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