John 8:39–47

³⁹They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is ^aour father.” Jesus ^*said to them, “^bIf you are Abraham’s children, you would do the deeds of Abraham.

⁴⁰“But now ^ayou are seeking to kill Me, a man who has ^btold you the truth, which I heard from God. This Abraham did not do.

⁴¹“You are doing the deeds of ^ayour father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of sexual immorality; ^bwe have one Father: God.”

⁴²Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, ^ayou would love Me, ^bfor I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have ^cnot even come of Myself, but ^1dHe sent Me.

⁴³“Why do you not understand ^1awhat I am saying? It is because you cannot ^bhear My word.

⁴⁴“^aYou are of ^byour father the devil, and ^cyou want to do the desires of your father. ^dHe was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because ^ethere is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks ¹a lie, he ^fspeaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of ²lies.

⁴⁵“But because ^aI speak the truth, you do not believe Me.

⁴⁶“Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If ^aI speak truth, why do you not believe Me?

⁴⁷“^aHe who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”