John 8:37-47

New Life Version

³⁷ “I know that you are the children of Abraham. But you want to kill Me because My Word is not in your hearts. ³⁸ I speak of what I saw when I was with My Father. You do what you have seen your father do.”

³⁹ They said to Him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said, “If you were children of Abraham, you would do what he did. ⁴⁰ I am a Man Who has told you the truth as I heard it from God. Now you are trying to kill Me. Abraham never did anything like that. ⁴¹ You are doing the works of your father.” They said to Him, “We were born of parents who were faithful in marriage. We have one Father. He is God.”

⁴² Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love Me. I came from God. I did not come on My own, but God sent Me. ⁴³ Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you do not want to hear My teaching. ⁴⁴ The devil is your father. You are from him. You want to do the sinful things your father, the devil, wants you to do. He has been a killer from the beginning. The devil has nothing to do with the truth. There is no truth in him. It is expected of the devil to lie, for he is a liar and the father of lies. ⁴⁵ I tell you the truth and that is why you do not put your trust in Me. ⁴⁶ Which one of you can say I am guilty of sin? If I tell you the truth, why do you not believe Me? ⁴⁷ Whoever is born of God listens to God’s Word. You do not hear His Word because you are not born of God.”