John 8:39-44 ▼

39 They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus says to them, “If you? were children of Abraham, you? would do the works of Abraham.

40 But now you? seek to kill Me, a man who has spoken to you? the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

41 You? are doing the works of your? father.” Therefore they said to Him, “We have not been born of sexual immorality. We have one Father—God.”

42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your? Father, you? would love Me, for I came forth from God and am here; for neither have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.

43 Why do you? not know My speech? Because you? are not able to hear My word.

44 You? are of your father the devil, and you? want to do the desires of your? father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and he has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he may speak falsehood, he speaks from his own, because he is a liar and the father of it.