John 8:38-44

38 "I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from ¹your father."

39 They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is ²our father." Jesus said to them, "³If you are Abraham's children, do the deeds of Abraham.

40 "But as it is, ⁴you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has ⁵told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.

41 "You are doing the deeds of ⁶your father." They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; ⁷we have one Father: God."

42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, ⁸you would love Me, ⁹for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have ¹⁰not even come on My own initiative, but ¹¹He sent Me.

43 "Why * do you not understand ¹²what I am saying? It is because you cannot * ¹³hear My word.

44 "¹⁴You are of ¹⁵your father the devil, and ¹⁶you want to do the desires of your father. ¹⁷He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because ¹⁸there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he ¹⁹speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Cross References

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

Footnotes

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