42 Jesus said to them, (A)“If God were your Father, you would love Me, for (B)I proceeded forth and came from God; (C)nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. 43 (D)Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. 44 (E)You are of your father the devil, and the (F)desires of your father you want to (G)do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and (H)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. 46 Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? 47 (I)He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.”

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42-47 “If God were your father,” said Jesus, “you would love me, for I came from God and arrived here. I didn’t come on my own. He sent me. Why can’t you understand one word I say? Here’s why: You can’t handle it. You’re from your father, the Devil, and all you want to do is please him. He was a killer from the very start. He couldn’t stand the truth because there wasn’t a shred of truth in him. When the Liar speaks, he makes it up out of his lying nature and fills the world with lies. I arrive on the scene, tell you the plain truth, and you refuse to have a thing to do with me. Can any one of you convict me of a single misleading word, a single sinful act? But if I’m telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? Anyone on God’s side listens to God’s words. This is why you’re not listening—because you’re not on God’s side.”

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