John 8:34-44

34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ¹everyone who practices sin is a slave^[a] to sin.

35 ²The slave does not remain in the house forever; ³the son remains forever.

36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

37 I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet ⁴you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.

38 ⁵I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard ⁶from your father. ”

You Are of Your Father the Devil

39 They answered him, ⁷“Abraham is our father. ” Jesus said to them, ⁸“If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,

40 but now ⁹you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth ¹⁰that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.

41 You are doing the works your father did. ”They said to him, ¹¹“We were not born of sexual immorality. We have ¹²one Father—even God. ”

42 Jesus said to them, ¹³“If God were your Father, you would love me, for ¹⁴I came from God and ¹⁵I am here. ¹⁶I came not of my own accord, but ¹⁷he sent me.

43 ¹⁸Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot ¹⁹bear to hear my word.

44 ²⁰You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. ²¹He was a murderer from the beginning, and ²²does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. ²³When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.