New Testament · SCRIPTURE
John 8:43
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Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
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Why do ye not understand my speech? [even] because ye cannot hear my word.
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Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
Why do ye not understand my speech? [Even] because ye cannot hear my word.
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Why do you⁺ not know My speech? Because you⁺ are not able to hear My word.
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
John 8
41 You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
42 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.
45 But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!
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