John 8:38
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I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do the things that you have seen with your father.

John 8:41
You do the works of your father. They said therefore to him: We are not born of fornication: we have one Father, even God.

John 8:44
You are of your father the devil: and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning: and he stood not in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

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I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do the things that you have seen with your father.

speak.

John 8:26 Many things I have to speak and to judge of you. But he that sent me, is true: and the things I have heard of him, these same I speak in the world.

John 3:32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth: and no man receiveth his testimony.

John 5:19,30 Then Jesus answered and said to them: Amen, amen, I say unto you, the Son cannot do any thing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doth, these the Son also doth in like manner. . . .

John 12:49,50 For I have not spoken of myself: but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment what I should say and what I should speak. . . .

John 14:10,24 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you, I speak not of myself. But the Father who abideth in me, he doth the works. . . .

John 17:8 Because the words which thou gavest me, I have given to them. And they have received them and have known in very deed that I came out from thee: and they have believed that thou didst send me.

and ye.

John 8:41,44 You do the works of your father. They said therefore to him: We are not born of fornication: we have one Father, even God. . . .

Matthew 3:7 And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?

1 John 3:8-10 He that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God appeared, that he might destroy the works of the devil. . . .

Context
The Children of the Devil
37I know that you are the children of Abraham: but you seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. 38I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do the things that you have seen with your father. 39They answered and said to him: Abraham is our father. Jesus saith them: If you be the children of Abraham, do the works of Abraham.…
Lexicon
I speak
λαλῶ (lalō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.

of what
(ha)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

I
ἐγὼ (egō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

have seen
ἑώρακα (heōraka)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

in the presence of
παρὰ (para)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 3844: Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.

the
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Father,
Πατρὶ (Patri)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

you
ὑμεῖς (hymeis)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

do
ποιεῖτε (poieite)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

what
(ha)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

you have heard
ἠκούσατε (ēkousate)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

from
παρὰ (para)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 3844: Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.

[your]
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

father.”
πατρὸς (patros)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.


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

I speak that which I have seen with the Father; therefore you also do what you have heard from your father."

I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do that which you have seen with your father.

I speak the things which I have seen with my Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from your father.

I speak what I have seen with my Father, and ye then do what ye have seen with your father.

I speak the things which I have seen with my Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from your father.

I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

The words I speak are those I have learnt in the presence of the Father. Therefore you also should do what you have heard from your father."

I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father."

I -- that which I have seen with my Father do speak, and ye, therefore, that which ye have seen with your father -- ye do.'
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