John 8:39-49

39 They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is ¹our father." Jesus said to them, "²If you are Abraham's children, do the deeds of Abraham.

40 "But as it is, ³you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has ⁴told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.

41 "You are doing the deeds of ⁵your father." They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; ⁶we have one Father: God."

42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, ⁷you would love Me, ⁸for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have ⁹not even come on My own initiative, but ¹⁰He sent Me.

43 "Why * do you not understand ¹¹what I am saying? It is because you cannot * ¹²hear My word.

44 "¹³You are of ¹⁴your father the devil, and ¹⁵you want to do the desires of your father. ¹⁶He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because ¹⁷there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he ¹⁸speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

45 "But because ¹⁹I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.

46 "Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If ²⁰I speak truth, why * do you not believe Me?

47 "²¹He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God."

48 ²²The Jews answered and said to Him, "Do we not say rightly that You are a ²³Samaritan and ²⁴have a demon?"

49 Jesus answered, "I do not ²⁵have a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 3:9; John 8:37
• 2. Romans 9:7; Galatians 3:7
• 3. John 7:1; John 8:37
• 4. John 8:26
• 5. John 8:38, 44
• 6. Deuteronomy 32:6; Isaiah 63:16; Isaiah 64:8
• 7. 1 John 5:1
• 8. John 13:3; John 16:28, 30; John 17:8
• 9. John 7:28
• 10. John 3:17
• 11. John 8:33, 39, 41
• 12. John 5:25
• 13. 1 John 3:8
• 14. John 8:38, 41
• 15. John 7:17
• 16. Genesis 3:4; 1 John 3:8, 15
• 17. 1 John 2:4
• 18. Matthew 12:34
• 19. John 18:37
• 20. John 18:37
• 21. 1 John 4:6
• 22. John 1:19
• 23. Matthew 10:5; John 4:9
• 24. John 7:20
• 25. John 7:20

Footnotes

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