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 ¹⁶does not stand in 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.

Cross References

• 1. 8:39 ver. 33, 56
• 2. 8:39 [Gal. 3:7, 9]
• 3. 8:40 ver. 37
• 4. 8:40 ver. 26
• 5. 8:41 [Hos. 2:4]
• 6. 8:41 Deut. 32:6; Isa. 63:16; 64:8; [ver. 47]
• 7. 8:42 [1 John 5:1]
• 8. 8:42 1 John 5:20; [Heb. 10:9]
• 9. 8:42 ch. 16:28; 17:8
• 10. 8:42 ch. 7:28
• 11. 8:42 See ch. 3:17
• 12. 8:43 ch. 7:17
• 13. 8:43 Jer. 6:10; [1 Cor. 2:14]
• 14. 8:44 1 John 3:8, 12; [ver. 23]; See Matt. 13:38
• 15. 8:44 Gen. 4:8, 9; 1 John 3:12, 15; [Rom. 5:12]
• 16. 8:44 [1 John 2:4]
• 17. 8:44 Gen. 3:4; 2 Cor. 11:3; Rev. 12:9
• 18. 8:47 [ch. 18:37; 1 John 4:6]
• 19. 8:47 [ch. 10:26]
• 20. 8:47 [ver. 41]
• 21. 8:48 See ch. 7:20
• 22. 8:49 ch. 5:23; [ch. 7:18]