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John 6:42

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40 For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

41 At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’”

43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus replied.

44 “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

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BSB
They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’”
KJV
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
WEB
They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘I have come down out of heaven’?”
ASV
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how doth he now say, I am come down out of heaven?
DARBY
And they said, Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then does *he* say, I am come down out of heaven?
BLB
And they were saying, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does He say, ‘I have come down out of heaven?’”
ÅB
og de sa: Er ikke dette Jesus, Josefs sønn, hvis far og mor vi kjenner? Hvordan kan han nå si: Jeg er kommet ned fra himmelen?
OTB
De sa: "Er ikke dette Jesus, sønn av Josef, hvis far og mor vi kjenner? Hvordan kan han nå si: 'Jeg har kommet ned fra himmelen'?"
B1930
og de sa: Er ikke dette Jesus, Josefs sønn, hvis far og mor vi kjenner? Hvorledes kan han nu si: Jeg er kommet ned fra himmelen?

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