John 8:39-49

You Are of Your Father the Devil

39 They answered him, ¹"Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, ²"If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,

40 but now ³you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth ⁴that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.

41 You are doing the works your father did." They said to him, ⁵"We were not born of sexual immorality. We have ⁶one Father--even God."

42 Jesus said to them, ⁷"If God were your Father, you would love me, for ⁸I came from God and ⁹I am here. ¹⁰I came not of my own accord, but ¹¹he sent me.

43 ¹²Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot ¹³bear to hear my word.

44 ¹⁴You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. ¹⁵He was a murderer from the beginning, and ¹⁶has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. ¹⁷When 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 ¹⁸Whoever is of God hears the words of God. ¹⁹The reason why you do not hear them is that ²⁰you are not of God."

Before Abraham Was, I Am

48 The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and ²¹have a demon?"

49 Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon, but ²²I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.