John 8:40-44

40 but now ¹you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth ²that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.

41 You are doing the works your father did." They said to him, ³"We were not born of sexual immorality. We have ⁴one Father--even God."

42 Jesus said to them, ⁵"If God were your Father, you would love me, for ⁶I came from God and ⁷I am here. ⁸I came not of my own accord, but ⁹he sent me.

43 ¹⁰Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot ¹¹bear to hear my word.

44 ¹²You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. ¹³He was a murderer from the beginning, and ¹⁴has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. ¹⁵When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Cross References

• 1. ver. 37
• 2. ver. 26
• 3. [Hosea 2:4]
• 4. Deuteronomy 32:6; Isaiah 63:16; Isaiah 64:8; [ver. 47]
• 5. [1 John 5:1]
• 6. 1 John 5:20; [Hebrews 10:9]
• 7. John 16:28; John 17:8
• 8. John 7:28
• 9. See John 3:17
• 10. John 7:17
• 11. Jeremiah 6:10; [1 Corinthians 2:14]
• 12. 1 John 3:8, 12; [ver. 23]; See Matthew 13:38
• 13. Genesis 4:8, 9; 1 John 3:12, 15; [Romans 5:12]
• 14. [1 John 2:4]
• 15. Genesis 3:4; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Revelation 12:9