But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know {them}, because they are spiritually discerned.

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

Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, {are they} all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.

Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

Men {and} brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

Why do ye not understand my speech? {even} because ye cannot hear my word.

Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,

Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.

Did not Moses give you the law, and {yet} none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with {his} finger wrote on the ground, {as though he heard them not}.

They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?

Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

For this people's heart is waxed gross, and {their} ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with {their} eyes, and hear with {their} ears, and should understand with {their} heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that {cometh} from God only?

And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth {it} not, then cometh the wicked {one}, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear {them} not, because ye are not of God.

Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, {are they} all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. {brow: or, edge}

And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw {it}, and was glad.

For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither {is that} circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.

And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.