39 "Our father is Abraham," they replied.
"If you were Abraham’s children," Jesus told them, "you would do what Abraham did. 8:39 Gl 3:7,940 But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth 8:40 Ps 119:142; Jn 14:6that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.41 You’re doing what your father does." 8:41 2Jn 9
"We weren’t born 8:41 1Jn 2:29 of sexual immorality," 8:41 Hs 2:4; 1Th 4:3 they said. "We have one Father — God." 8:41 Dt 32:6
42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, 8:42 Dt 6:5; Lk 10:27; 1Jn 5:1because I came from God 8:42 Jn 13:3; 16:27; 1Jn 5:20and 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 8:43 Or cannot hearmy word. 8:43 Lk 6:47; Jn 18:3244 You are of your father the devil, 8:44 Mt 4:1; Jn 13:2,27; Eph 2:1–3and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer 8:44 1Jn 3:15from the beginning 8:44 Gn 3:1–4; 4:8–9; Ac 26:4; 2Co 11:3; 1Jn 3:8–15; Rv 12:9and does not stand in the truth, 8:44 Jn 14:6; Rm 3:7because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, 8:44 Lit from his own thingsbecause he is a liar and the father of lies.