⁸ The one who does what is sinful is of the devil,^(A) because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God^(B) appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.^(C)

¹² Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one^(A) and murdered his brother.^(B) And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.^(C)

²³ But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.^(A)

³⁸ The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,^(A)