John 8:41-47

41 "You are doing the deeds of ¹your father." They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; ²we have one Father: God."

42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, ³you would love Me, ⁴for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have ⁵not even come on My own initiative, but ⁶He sent Me.

43 "Why * do you not understand ⁷what I am saying? It is because you cannot * ⁸hear My word.

44 "⁹You are of ¹⁰your father the devil, and ¹¹you want to do the desires of your father. ¹²He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because ¹³there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he ¹⁴speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

45 "But because ¹⁵I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.

46 "Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If ¹⁶I speak truth, why * do you not believe Me?

47 "¹⁷He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God."

Cross References

• 1. John 8:38, 44
• 2. Deuteronomy 32:6; Isaiah 63:16; Isaiah 64:8
• 3. 1 John 5:1
• 4. John 13:3; John 16:28, 30; John 17:8
• 5. John 7:28
• 6. John 3:17
• 7. John 8:33, 39, 41
• 8. John 5:25
• 9. 1 John 3:8
• 10. John 8:38, 41
• 11. John 7:17
• 12. Genesis 3:4; 1 John 3:8, 15
• 13. 1 John 2:4
• 14. Matthew 12:34
• 15. John 18:37
• 16. John 18:37
• 17. 1 John 4:6

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "that One"
• [b]. Or "My way of speaking"
• [c]. Lit "the lie"
• [d]. Lit "it"