John 8:37

³⁵ A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever.

³⁶ So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.

³⁸ I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”

³⁹ “Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
KJV: I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
WEB: I know that you are Abraham’s offspring, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.
ASV: I know that ye are Abraham`s seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.
DARBY: I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no entrance in you.
BLB: I know that you⁺ are seed of Abraham, but you⁺ seek to kill Me because My word has no place in you⁺.

ÅB: Jeg vet at dere er av Abrahams slekt; men dere står meg etter livet, fordi mitt ord ikke finner rom i dere.
OTB: Jeg vet at dere er Abrahams etterkommere. Likevel søker dere å drepe Meg, fordi Mitt ord ikke har noen plass i dere.
B1930: Jeg vet at I er av Abrahams ætt; men I står mig efter livet, fordi mitt ord ikke finner rum i eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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John 8:45–47
But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!
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Romans 9:7
Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
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John 7:1
After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
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John 8:59
At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
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Acts 13:26
Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
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John 8:43
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
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John 12:39–43
For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:
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