¹⁸ I am He who testifies about Myself, and ^(A)the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.” ¹⁹ So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; ^(B)if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.” ²⁰ These words He spoke ^[a]in ^(C)the treasury, as ^(D)He taught in the temple area; and no one arrested Him, because ^(E)His hour had not yet come.

²¹ Then He said again to them, “I am going away, and ^(F)you will look for Me, and ^(G)will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.” ²² So ^(H)the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘^(I)Where I am going, you cannot come’?” ²³ And He was saying to them, “^(J)You are from below, I am from above; ^(K)you are of this world, ^(L)I am not of this world. ²⁴ Therefore I said to you that you ^(M)will die in your sins; for unless you believe that ^[b](N)I am, ^(O)you will die in your sins.” ²⁵ Then they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “^[c]What have I even been saying to you from the beginning?

³⁸ I speak of the things which I have seen ^[a]with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from ^(A)your father.”

³⁹ They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is ^(B)our father.” Jesus *said to them, “^(C)If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham. ⁴⁰ But as it is, ^(D)you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has ^(E)told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. ⁴¹ You are doing the deeds of ^(F)your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born as a result of sexual immorality; ^(G)we have one Father: God.” ⁴² Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, ^(H)you would love Me, ^(I)for I came forth from God and am here; for I have ^(J)not even come ^[b]on My own, but ^[c](K)He sent Me. ⁴³ Why do you not understand ^[d](L)what I am saying? It is because you cannot ^(M)listen to My word. ^44 (N)You are of ^(O)your father the devil, and ^(P)you want to do the desires of your father. ^(Q)He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because ^(R)there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells ^[e]a lie, he ^(S)speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of ^[f]lies.

²⁶ I have many things to say and to judge regarding you, but ^(A)He who sent Me is true; and ^(B)the things which I heard from Him, these I say to the world.” ²⁷ They did not realize that He was speaking to them about the Father. ²⁸ So Jesus said, “When you ^(C)lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that ^[a](D)I am, and ^(E)I do nothing ^[b]on My own, but I say these things as the Father instructed Me. ²⁹ And He who sent Me is with Me; ^(F)He ^[c]has not left Me alone, for ^(G)I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” ³⁰ As He said these things, ^(H)many came to believe in Him.