John 8:42

⁴⁰ But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.

⁴¹ You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

⁴³ Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.

⁴⁴ You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.
KJV: Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
WEB: Therefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.
ASV: Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.
DARBY: Jesus said to them, If God were your father ye would have loved me, for I came forth from God and am come [from him]; for neither am I come of myself, but *he* has sent me.
BLB: Jesus said to them, “If God were your⁺ Father, you⁺ would love Me, for I came forth from God and am here; for neither have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.

ÅB: Jesus sa til dem: Var Gud deres far, da elsket dere meg; for jeg er utgått fra Gud og kommer fra ham; for jeg er heller ikke kommet av meg selv, men han har utsendt meg.
OTB: Jesus sa til dem, “Hvis Gud var deres Far, ville dere elske Meg, for Jeg har kommet fra Gud. Jeg har ikke kommet av Meg selv; Gud sendte Meg.
B1930: Jesus sa til dem: Var Gud eders far, da elsket I mig; for jeg er utgått fra Gud og kommer fra ham; for jeg er heller ikke kommet av mig selv, men han har utsendt mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

John 12:49
I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
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John 14:10
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.
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John 17:8
For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
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John 17:25
Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
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John 15:23–24
Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
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Malachi 1:6
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’
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John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
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1 John 5:1–2
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.
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