I know that you are Abraham’s children. But you are looking for a way to kill me. You have no room for my word.

我知道你们是亚伯拉罕的子孙，你们却想要杀我，因为你们心里容不下我的道。

“我知道，你们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，你们却想要杀我，因为你们心里容不下我的道。

“我知道，你们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，你们却想要杀我，因为你们心里容不下我的道。

“我知道你们是亚伯拉罕的子孙，但你们却想杀我，因为你们心里容不下我的道。

我知道你们是亚伯拉罕的后裔；但你们想杀我，因为你们心里不能容纳我的道。

我知道你们是亚伯拉罕的后裔。可是你们想要杀我，因为你们里面容不下我的话语。

我知道你們是亞伯拉罕的子孫，你們卻想要殺我，因為你們心裏容不下我的道。

「我知道，你們是亞伯拉罕的後裔，你們卻想要殺我，因為你們心裏容不下我的道。

「我知道，你們是亞伯拉罕的後裔，你們卻想要殺我，因為你們心裏容不下我的道。

「我知道你們是亞伯拉罕的子孫，但你們卻想殺我，因為你們心裡容不下我的道。

我知道你們是亞伯拉罕的後裔；但你們想殺我，因為你們心裡不能容納我的道。

『我知道你們是亞伯拉罕的後裔；然而你們還想法子要殺我，因為我的道在你們裏面沒有地位。

我知道你們是亞伯拉罕的後裔。可是你們想要殺我，因為你們裡面容不下我的話語。

我知爾為亞伯拉罕之裔、然爾欲殺我、因我道不容於爾衷也、

我知爾亞伯拉罕裔、惟我道不存爾心、故欲殺我、

我知爾為亞伯拉罕之裔、雖然、爾欲殺我、以我道不存於爾心也、

予亦知爾為亞伯漢之子孫、顧爾仍欲置予於死、以爾心中不容吾道故。

I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you have no room for my word.

I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.

Yes, I realize that you are descendants of Abraham. And yet some of you are trying to kill me because there’s no room in your hearts for my message.

I know you are descendants of Abraham, but you are trying to kill me because my word has no place among you.

I know that you are Abraham’s descendants; yet you are seeking to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.

“ I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.

I know that ye are Abraham’s seed, yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

I know you are descendants of Abraham, but you are trying to kill Me because My word is not welcome among you.

I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. But you want to kill me, because my teaching makes no progress among you.

I know that you are Abraham’s offspring, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.

After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He didn’t want to travel around in Judea. That was because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him.

When he said this, they picked up stones to kill him. But Jesus hid himself. He slipped away from the temple area.

But because I tell the truth, you don’t believe me!Can any of you prove I am guilty of sinning? Am I not telling the truth? Then why don’t you believe me?Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you don’t hear is that you don’t belong to God.”

The person without the Spirit doesn’t accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. These things are foolish to them. They can’t understand them. In fact, such things can’t be understood without the Spirit’s help.

Not everyone in Abraham’s family line is really his child. Not at all! Scripture says,“ Your family line will continue through Isaac.”( Genesis 21:12)

You accept praise from one another. But you do not seek the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?

Again the Jews who had challenged him picked up stones to kill him.

“ Abraham is our father,” they answered. Jesus said,“ Are you really Abraham’s children? If you are, you will do what Abraham did.But you are looking for a way to kill me. I am a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do the things you want to do.

They answered him,“ We are Abraham’s children. We have never been slaves of anyone. So how can you say that we will be set free?”

Why aren’t my words clear to you? Because you can’t really hear what I say.

They were trying to trap Jesus with that question. They wanted to have a reason to bring charges against him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger.

Then some of the people of Jerusalem began asking questions. They said,“ Isn’t this the man some people are trying to kill?

“ Listen, fellow children of Abraham! Listen, you Gentiles who worship God! This message of salvation has been sent to us.

The hearts of these people have become stubborn. They can barely hear with their ears. They have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes. They might hear with their ears. They might understand with their hearts. They might turn to the Lord, and then he would heal them.’( Isaiah 6:9, 10)

So from that day on, the Jewish rulers planned to kill Jesus.

Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath day. So the Jewish leaders began to oppose him.Jesus defended himself. He said to them,“ My Father is always doing his work. He is working right up to this day. I am working too.”For this reason the Jewish leaders tried even harder to kill him. According to them, Jesus was not only breaking the law of the Sabbath day. He was even calling God his own Father. He was making himself equal with God.

Didn’t Moses give you the law? But not one of you obeys the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”

For this reason, they could not believe. As Isaiah says in another place,“ The Lord has blinded their eyes. He has closed their minds. So they can’t see with their eyes. They can’t understand with their minds. They can’t turn to the Lord. If they could, he would heal them.”( Isaiah 6:10)Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about him.At the same time that Jesus did those signs, many of the Jewish leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees, they would not openly admit they believed. They were afraid they would be thrown out of the synagogue.They loved praise from people more than praise from God.

People hear the message about the kingdom but do not understand it. Then the evil one comes. He steals what was planted in their hearts. Those people are like the seed planted on a path.The seed that fell on rocky places is like other people. They hear the message and at once receive it with joy.But they have no roots. So they last only a short time. They quickly fall away from the faith when trouble or suffering comes because of the message.The seed that fell among the thorns is like others who hear the message. But then the worries of this life and the false promises of wealth crowd it out. They keep the message from producing fruit.