Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G Message"I speak of what I have seen in My Father's presence; and you do what you have heard from your father."
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.G"What I have seen with My Father, I speak; and what you have heard from your father, you do."
KJV
King James VersionI speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleI speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
Footnotes
Greek syntax marks a crucial distinction here: "παρὰ τῷ πατρί μου" (with My Father—dative, denoting intimate, continuous presence and co-dwelling) describes Yeshua's/Jesus's source, while "παρὰ τοῦ πατρός" (from your father—genitive, denoting the origin from which something is transmitted) describes theirs. Two entirely different fathers are grammatically embedded in the same sentence. Both translations render this as "My Father" versus "your father," but the grammatical contrast is not merely rhetorical—Yeshua/Jesus is not claiming greater proximity to the same God but pointing to a fundamentally different relational origin. His knowledge is from intimate vision; theirs is from transmitted instruction—from the Slanderer (v.44).
