John 8:37-47
Holman Christian Standard Bible
37 I know you are descendants[a] of Abraham,(A) but you are trying to kill Me because My word[b] is not welcome among you. 38 I speak what I have seen(B) in the presence of the Father;[c](C) therefore, you do what you have heard from your father.”
39 “Our father is Abraham!” they replied.
“If you were Abraham’s children,” Jesus told them, “you would do what Abraham did.(D) 40 But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth(E) that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this! 41 You’re doing what your father does.”(F)
“We weren’t born(G) of sexual immorality,”(H) they said. “We have one Father—God.”(I)
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me,(J) because I came from God(K) and I am here. For I didn’t come on My own, but He sent Me. 43 Why don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to[d] My word.(L) 44 You are of your father the Devil,(M) and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer(N) from the beginning(O) and has not stood in the truth,(P) because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature,[e] because he is a liar and the father of liars.[f] 45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. 46 Who among you can convict Me of sin?(Q) If I tell the truth, why don’t you believe Me? 47 The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you don’t listen, because you are not from God.”
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