²²If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin.^s Now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³The one who hates me also hates my Father.^t ²⁴If I had not done the works^u among them that no one else has done,^v they would not be guilty of sin.^w Now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵But this happened so that the statement written in their law might be fulfilled:^x They hated me for no reason.^A^y

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Cross references

s Ezk 2:5; 3:7; Jn 9:41; Rm 1:20; 2:1; 6:23
t Jn 5:23
u Jn 5:36; Heb 3:9; Rv 15:3
v Jn 3:2; 7:31; 9:32; 10:32,37
w Jn 9:41
x Jn 12:38; 13:18; 17:12; 18:9,32; 19:24,36
A Ps 69:4
y Ps 69:4

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates me hates my Father also. If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’

NLTNew Living Translation

They would not be guilty if I had not come and spoken to them. But now they have no excuse for their sin. Anyone who hates me also hates my Father. If I hadn’t done such miraculous signs among them that no one else could do, they would not be guilty. But as it is, they have seen everything I did, yet they still hate me and my Father. This fulfills what is written in their Scriptures: ‘They hated me without cause.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin. But now they do not have a valid excuse for their sin. The one who hates me hates my Father also. If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not have sin. But now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this happened so that the word that is written in their law would be fulfilled, ‘They hated me without a reason.’

KJV 1900King James Version

If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

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