¹⁹ They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, ^(A)“You know neither me nor my Father. ^(B)If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” ²⁰ These words he spoke in ^(C)the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but ^(D)no one arrested him, because ^(E)his hour had not yet come.

²¹ So he said to them again, ^(F)“I am going away, and ^(G)you will seek me, and ^(H)you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” ²² So the Jews said, ^(I)“Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” ²³ He said to them, ^(J)“You are from below; I am from above. ^(K)You are of this world; ^(L)I am not of this world. ²⁴ I told you that you ^(M)would die in your sins, for ^(N)unless you believe that ^(O)I am he you will die in your sins.” ²⁵ So they said to him, ^(P)“Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. ²⁶ I have much to say about you and much to judge, but ^(Q)he who sent me is true, and I declare ^(R)to the world ^(S)what I have heard from him.” ²⁷ They did not understand that ^(T)he had been speaking to them about the Father. ²⁸ So Jesus said to them, “When you have ^(U)lifted up the Son of Man, ^(V)then you will know that ^(W)I am he, and that ^(X)I do nothing on my own authority, but ^(Y)speak just as the Father taught me. ²⁹ And ^(Z)he who sent me is with me. ^(AA)He has not left me alone, for ^(AB)I always do the things that are pleasing to him.” ³⁰ As he was saying these things, ^(AC)many believed in him.

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. ⁴⁵ But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. ⁴⁶ Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? ^47 (R)Whoever is of God hears the words of God. ^(S)The reason why you do not hear them is that ^(T)you are not of God.”