John 8:41
Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Cross-reference
In John 8:44, Jesus explicitly names the devil as their father — explaining the earlier charge of doing their father's deeds.
In John 8:38, Jesus contrasts his Father with his opponents' father — directly setting up the accusation in John 8:41 that they do their father's deeds.
John 8:54 continues the dialogue: the Jews say 'He is our God,' but Jesus says the Father glorifies Him — deepening the contrast.
Deuteronomy 14:1 calls Israel children of the LORD — the same claim the Jews use in John 8:41, yet Jesus denies they act like true sons.
Malachi 1:6 asks where God's honor is if He is Father—directly challenging the Jews' empty claim in John 8:41.
Ezekiel 16:21 continues the rebuke for sacrificing God's children—mirroring the Jews' betrayal of their Father in John 8:41.
Ezekiel 16:20 rebukes Israel for sacrificing God's children to idols—paralleling the Jews' claim to be God's children while doing evil in John 8:41.
Isaiah 64:8 calls God our Father and Potter, emphasizing His sovereignty—the same claim the Jews make in John 8:41.
Isaiah 63:16 affirms God as Father even when human lineage fails—this OT basis underlies the Jews' claim in John 8:41.
Exodus 4:22 declares Israel God's firstborn son — the very claim the Jews make in John 8:41, but Jesus shows their deeds disprove it.
Malachi 2:10 asks 'Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us?' — a direct parallel to the Jews' claim here.
Mark 7:6 quotes Isaiah about honoring God with lips while hearts are far — fitting the Jews who claim God as Father but disobey.
Deuteronomy 32:6 rebukes Israel by asking if God is not their Father who created them — directly echoing the Jews' claim here.
In Hosea 1:2, God commands a wife of harlotry and 'children of harlotry' — a metaphor for Israel's unfaithfulness, similar to John 8:41's accusation.
Jeremiah 3:19 shows God's desire for Israel to call Him Father—the very claim in John 8:41, yet they fail to follow.
In Hosea 2:2, God calls Israel's mother an adulteress — reinforcing the OT pattern of spiritual adultery that underlies John 8:41.
Hosea 2:4 speaks of children born of whoredom whom God rejects — contrasting with the Jews' denial of being born of sexual immorality.
In Isaiah 57:3, God calls Israel 'children of an adulteress' — linking to the charge of illegitimate sonship in John 8:41.