John 8:45 “But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!”

John 8:45

But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

World English Bible

But because I tell the truth, you don’t believe me.

American Standard Version

But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.

Geneva Bible 1599

And because I tell you the trueth, yee beleeue me not.

Darby Translation

and because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me.

Young's Literal Translation

'And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me.

Bible in Basic English

But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.

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Cross references

“And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.”

John 7:7 Galatians 4:16 2 Thessalonians 2:10 John 3:19 John 3:20 2 Timothy 4:3

John 7:7 · BSB

The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

Galatians 4:16 · BSB

Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?

2 Thessalonians 2:10 · BSB

and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

John 3:19 · BSB

And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.

John 3:20 · BSB

Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

2 Timothy 4:3 · BSB

For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.

Also

John 18:37

John 18:37 · BSB

“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

44You 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.

46Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?

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