John 8:41 — Compare Translations

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You are doing the works of your [own] father. They said to Him, We are not illegitimate children and born out of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

You are doing the works of your [own] father. They said to Him, We are not illegitimate children and born out of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

You’re doing what your father does.” “We weren’t born of sexual immorality,” they said. “We have one Father — God.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Ye do the works of your father. They said [therefore] to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, God.

English EASY 2024

You do the same things that your own father does.’ They said to Jesus, ‘God himself is our only Father, and we are his proper sons!’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

So you are doing what your own father did." But they said, "We are not like children who never knew who their father was. God is our Father. He is the only Father we have."

You are doing what your father did." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father- even God."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

You are doing what your father did.” “God himself is the only Father we have,” they answered, “and we are his true children.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

You're doing what your father does." The Jews said to Jesus, "We're not illegitimate children. God is our only Father."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

You're doing what your father does." "We weren't born of sexual immorality," they said. "We have one Father-- God."

English KJV 1611

Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

English LSB

You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of sexual immorality; we have one Father: God.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

You are doing the works of your father.” Then they said to Him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father: God.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"You are doing the deeds of your father." They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God."

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

You are doing the works of your father!" (So) they said to him, "We are not illegitimate. We have one Father, God."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

You people are doing the deeds of your father.” Then they said to Jesus, “We were not born as a result of immorality! We have only one Father, God himself.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

You are doing the things your own father does." "We are not children of people who weren't married to each other," they objected. "The only Father we have is God himself."

English NIV

You are doing the things your own father does.We are not illegitimate children," they protested. "The only Father we have is God himself."

English NKJ 1982

You do the deeds of your father.” Then they said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father—God.”

English NLT

No, you are obeying your real father when you act that way." They replied, "We were not born out of wedlock! Our true Father is God himself."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

You are indeed doing what your father does." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children; we have one father, God himself."

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

No, you people are doing what your father has taught you!” Indignant, they responded, “What are you talking about? We only have one Father, God himself! We’re not illegitimate!”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

You do what your father did.” They said to him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

No, you are obeying your real father when you act that way.“ They replied, “We were not born out of wedlock—our true Father is God himself.“

English Tyndale 1537

Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they unto him: we were not born of fornication. We have one father that(which) is God.