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They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus says to them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham;
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but now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.
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Ye do the works of your father. They said [therefore] to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, God.
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Jesus said to them, If God were your father ye would have loved me, for I came forth from God and am come [from him]; for neither am I come of myself, but *he* has sent me.
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Why do ye not know my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word.
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Ye are of the devil, as [your] father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father:
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and because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me.
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Which of you convinces me of sin? If I speak truth, why do ye not believe me?
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He that is of God hears the words of God: therefore ye hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.
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The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan and hast a demon?
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Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me.