You Are of Your Father the Devil

39 They answered him, (A)“Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, (B)“If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, 40 but now (C)you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth (D)that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him, (E)“We were not born of sexual immorality. We have (F)one Father—even God.” 42 Jesus said to them, (G)“If God were your Father, you would love me, for (H)I came from God and (I)I am here. (J)I came not of my own accord, but (K)he sent me. 43 (L)Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot (M)bear to hear my word. 44 (N)You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. (O)He was a murderer from the beginning, and (P)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. (Q)When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

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