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Source language
Original Greek   
νῦν δὲ ζητεῖτέ με ἀποκτεῖναι, ἄνθρωπον ὃς τὴν ἀλήθειαν ὑμῖν λελάληκα ἣν ἤκουσα παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ· τοῦτο Ἀβραὰμ οὐκ ἐποίησεν.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
nun de zeteite me apokteinai, anthropon os ten aletheian umin lelaleka en ekousa para tou theou* touto Abraam ouk epoiesen.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
nunc autem quaeritis me interficere hominem qui veritatem vobis locutus sum quam audivi a Deo hoc Abraham non fecit

King James Variants
American King James Version   
But now you seek to kill me, a man that has told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
But now you seek to kill me, a man that has told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
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.
Authorized (King James) Version   
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.
New King James Version   
But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.
21st Century King James Version   
But now ye seek to kill Me, a Man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
“But now, behold, you are seeking to kill me; I am a man who have spoken the truth with you, which I have heard from God; this Abraham did not do.”
Darby Bible Translation   
but now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
But now you seek to kill me, a man who have spoken the truth to you, which I have heard of God. This Abraham did not.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
God's Word   
I am a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. But now you want to kill me. Abraham wouldn't have done that.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!
International Standard Version   
But now you're trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham would'nt have done that.
NET Bible   
But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!
New American Standard Bible   
"But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.
New International Version   
As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things.
New Living Translation   
Instead, you are trying to kill me because I told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.
Webster's Bible Translation   
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.
Weymouth New Testament   
But, in fact, you are longing to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the truth which I have heard from God. Abraham did not do that.
The World English Bible   
But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham didn't do this.
EasyEnglish Bible   
I have told you the true message that I have heard from God. But you want to kill me. Abraham did not do anything like that!
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and now, ye seek to kill me -- a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not;
New Life Version   
I am a Man Who has told you the truth as I heard it from God. Now you are trying to kill Me. Abraham never did anything like that.
Revised Geneva Translation   
“But now you seek to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I have heard from God. Abraham did not do this.
The Voice Bible   
From what I see you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that comes from the Father. This is not something Abraham would do,
Living Bible   
But instead you are trying to kill me—and all because I told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham wouldn’t do a thing like that!
New Catholic Bible   
But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
Legacy Standard Bible   
But now you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. This Abraham did not do.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that has told you the truth, which I have heard of God; Abraham did not do this.
Christian Standard Bible   
But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
But now [instead] you are wanting and seeking to kill Me, a Man Who has told you the truth which I have heard from God. This is not the way Abraham acted.
New Century Version   
I am a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God, but you are trying to kill me. Abraham did nothing like that.
The Message   
They were indignant. “Our father is Abraham!” Jesus said, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would have been doing the things Abraham did. And yet here you are trying to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the truth he got straight from God! Abraham never did that sort of thing. You persist in repeating the works of your father.” They said, “We’re not bastards. We have a legitimate father: the one and only God.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
But now you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard at the side of God. Abraham did not do this.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
But now you are intent on killing me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from · God. This is not what Abraham did!
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
but now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
New Matthew Bible   
But now you are going about to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I have heard from God. This Abraham did not do.
Good News Translation®   
All I have ever done is to tell you the truth I heard from God, yet you are trying to kill me. Abraham did nothing like this!
Wycliffe Bible   
But now ye seek to slay me, a man that have spoken to you [the] truth, that I heard of God; Abraham did not this thing.
New Testament for Everyone   
But now you’re trying to kill me—me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God! That’s not what Abraham did.
Contemporary English Version   
Instead, you want to kill me for telling you the truth that God gave me. Abraham never did anything like that.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God; this is not what Abraham did.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
“Our father is Abraham!” they retorted. “If you were the children of Abraham, you would do the sort of things Abraham did. But in fact, at this moment, you are looking for a way to kill me, simply because I am a man who has told you the truth that I have heard from God. Abraham would never have done that. No, you are doing your father’s work.” “We are not illegitimate!” they retorted. “We have one Father—God.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
but now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
but now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Instead, you want to kill me, though I am the one who has spoken the truth I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do this.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
But as it is, you want to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. This is not the way Abraham acted.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God; Abraham did not do this.
New American Standard Bible   
But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.
The Expanded Bible   
I am a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God, but you are trying to kill me. Abraham did nothing like that.
Tree of Life Version   
But now you are seeking to kill Me—a Man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. This Abraham did not do!
Revised Standard Version   
but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God; this is not what Abraham did.
New International Reader's Version   
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.
BRG Bible   
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.
Complete Jewish Bible   
As it is, you are out to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Avraham did nothing like that!
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
But you want to kill me because I told you the truth which I learned from God. Abraham did not do that.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
but now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who has told you HaEmes, which I heard from Hashem; this was not a ma’aseh that Avraham did. [TEHILLIM 15:2]
Names of God Bible   
I am a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. But now you want to kill me. Abraham wouldn’t have done that.
Modern English Version   
But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.
Easy-to-Read Version   
I am someone who has told you the truth I heard from God. But you are trying to kill me. Abraham did nothing like that.
International Children’s Bible   
I am a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. But you are trying to kill me. Abraham did nothing like that.
Lexham English Bible   
But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who spoke to you the truth which I heard from God. This Abraham did not do.
New International Version - UK   
As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
But now you are seeking to kill Me— a man Who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.