John 8:37-45

English Standard Version

³⁷ I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet ^(A)you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. ^38 (B)I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard ^(C)from your father.”

You Are of Your Father the Devil

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