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John 8:45

43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

44 Ye 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.

And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

47 He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

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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
But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!
KJV
And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
WEB
But because I tell the truth, you don’t believe me.
ASV
But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.
DARBY
and because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me.
BLB
But because I speak the truth, you⁺ do not believe Me!
ÅB
Men meg tror dere ikke, fordi jeg sier dere sannheten.
OTB
Men fordi Jeg taler sannheten, tror dere ikke på Meg!
B1930
Men mig tror I ikke, fordi jeg sier eder sannheten.

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Cross references

  • 2 Timothy 4:3–4

    For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

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  • John 7:7

    The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

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  • John 18:37

    Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 2:10

    And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

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  • John 3:19–20

    And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

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  • Galatians 4:16

    Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

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