⁴⁰ but now ^(A)you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth ^(B)that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. ⁴¹ You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him, ^(C)“We were not born of sexual immorality. We have ^(D)one Father—even God.” ⁴² Jesus said to them, ^(E)“If God were your Father, you would love me, for ^(F)I came from God and ^(G)I am here. ^(H)I came not of my own accord, but ^(I)he sent me. ^43 (J)Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot ^(K)bear to hear my word. ^44 (L)You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. ^(M)He was a murderer from the beginning, and ^(N)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. ^(O)When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.