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You persist in repeating the works of your father." They said, "We're not bastards. We have a legitimate father: the one and only God."
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"If God was your father," said Jesus, "you would love me, for I came from God and arrived here. I didn't come on my own. He sent me.
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Why can't you understand one word I say? Here's why: You can't handle it.
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You're from your father, the Devil, and all you want to do is please him. He was a killer from the very start. He couldn't stand the truth because there wasn't a shred of truth in him. When the Liar speaks, he makes it up out of his lying nature and fills the world with lies.
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I arrive on the scene, tell you the plain truth, and you refuse to have a thing to do with me.
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Can any one of you convict me of a single misleading word, a single sinful act? But if I'm telling the truth, why don't you believe me?
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Anyone on God's side listens to God's words. This is why you're not listening - because you're not on God's side."
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The Jews then said, "That clinches it. We were right all along when we called you a Samaritan and said you were crazy - demon-possessed!"
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Jesus said, "I'm not crazy. I simply honor my Father, while you dishonor me.
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I am not trying to get anything for myself. God intends something gloriously grand here and is making the decisions that will bring it about.
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I say this with absolute confidence. If you practice what I'm telling you, you'll never have to look death in the face."