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"I know that you are 1Abraham'sdescendants; yet2you seek to kill Me, because My wordhasnoplace in you.
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"I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you alsodo the things which you heard from 3your father."
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They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is 4our father." Jesussaid to them, "5If you are Abraham'schildren, do the deeds of Abraham.
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"But as it is, 6you are seeking to kill Me, a manwho has 7told you the truth, which I heard from God; thisAbraham did not do.
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"You are doing the deeds of 8your father." They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; 9we haveoneFather: God."
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Jesussaid to them, "IfGod were your Father, 10you would love Me, 11for I proceededforth and havecome from God, for I have 12not evencome on My owninitiative, but 13He sent Me.
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"Why* do you not understand14what I am saying? It is because you cannot*15hear My word.
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"16You are of 17your father the devil, and 18you want to do the desires of your father. 19He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truthbecause20there is notruth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he 21speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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"But because22I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.
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"Whichone of you convicts Me of sin? If23I speaktruth, why* do you not believe Me?
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"24He who is of Godhears the words of God; for thisreason you do not hear them, because you are not of God."