^38 (A)I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard ^(B)from your father.”

You Are of Your Father the Devil

³⁹ They answered him, ^(C)“Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, ^(D)“If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, ⁴⁰ but now ^(E)you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth ^(F)that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. ⁴¹ You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him, ^(G)“We were not born of sexual immorality. We have ^(H)one Father—even God.” ⁴² Jesus said to them, ^(I)“If God were your Father, you would love me, for ^(J)I came from God and ^(K)I am here. ^(L)I came not of my own accord, but ^(M)he sent me. ^43 (N)Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot ^(O)bear to hear my word. ^44 (P)You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. ^(Q)He was a murderer from the beginning, and ^(R)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. ^(S)When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. ⁴⁵ But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. ⁴⁶ Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? ^47 (T)Whoever is of God hears the words of God. ^(U)The reason why you do not hear them is that ^(V)you are not of God.”