You Are of Your Father the Devil
39 They answered him, ver. 33, 56"Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, [Gal. 3:7,9]"If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,40 but now ver. 37you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth ver. 26that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.41 You are doing the works your father did." They said to him, [Hos. 2:4] "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have Deut. 32:6;Isa. 63:16;64:8;[ver. 47]one Father—even God." 42 Jesus said to them, [1 John 5:1] "If God were your Father, you would love me, for 1 John 5:20;[Heb. 10:9] I came from God and ch. 16:28;17:8I am here. ch. 7:28I came not of my own accord, but See ch. 3:17he sent me.43 ch. 7:17Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot Jer. 6:10;[1 Cor. 2:14]bear to hear my word.44 1 John 3:8,12;[ver. 23]; See Matt. 13:38You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. Gen. 4:8,9;1 John 3:12,15;[Rom. 5:12] He was a murderer from the beginning, and [1 John 2:4] does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. Gen. 3:4;2 Cor. 11:3;Rev. 12:9When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.