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John 8:38

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

John 8:38 — KJV

Theological / Devotional

With my Father. For a discussion of the close association of Christ with the Father see on chs. 1 : 1 ; 5 : 1 9.

Do. That is, according to the Greek, habitually. Children naturally reflect the characteristics, and obey the dictates of, their father.

Your father. Jesus later identifies him as the devil (v. 44), the very antithesis of the Father of infinite love.

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