Today's Reading | April 3, 2025
John 8:31–47
Introduction John 8:31–47: Today’s reading continues a debate over Jesus’s opponents’ claim as children of Abraham and Jesus’s claim that God is his Father. The opponents claim Abraham as their father (verse 39), but Jesus declares that they are children of the devil because they will not listen to him. Today’s Key Verse: John 8:31–32 Jesus said to those who…
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