You Are of Your Father the Devil

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

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39 “Abraham is our father,” they answered.

“If you were Abraham’s children,”(A) said Jesus, “then you would[a] do what Abraham did. 40 As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me,(B) a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God.(C) Abraham did not do such things. 41 You are doing the works of your own father.”(D)

“We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”(E)

42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me,(F) for I have come here from God.(G) I have not come on my own;(H) God sent me.(I) 43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. 44 You belong to your father, the devil,(J) and you want to carry out your father’s desires.(K) He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.(L) 45 Yet because I tell the truth,(M) you do not believe me! 46 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47 Whoever belongs to God hears what God says.(N) The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

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  1. John 8:39 Some early manuscripts “If you are Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then

12 (A)giving thanks[a] to the Father, who has qualified you[b] to share in (B)the inheritance of the saints in light. 13 He (C)has delivered us from (D)the domain of darkness and transferred us to (E)the kingdom of (F)his beloved Son, 14 (G)in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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  1. Colossians 1:12 Or patience, with joy giving thanks
  2. Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us

12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father,(A) who has qualified you[a] to share in the inheritance(B) of his holy people in the kingdom of light.(C) 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness(D) and brought us into the kingdom(E) of the Son he loves,(F) 14 in whom we have redemption,(G) the forgiveness of sins.(H)

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  1. Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us