8:39 They answered him, ⁹  “Abraham is our father!” ¹⁰  Jesus replied, ¹¹  “If you are ¹²  Abraham’s children, you would be doing ¹³  the deeds of Abraham. 8:40 But now you are trying ¹⁴  to kill me, a man who has told you ¹⁵  the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this! ¹⁶  8:41 You people ¹⁷  are doing the deeds of your father.”

Then ¹⁸  they said to Jesus, ¹⁹  “We were not born as a result of immorality! ²⁰  We have only one Father, God himself.” 8:42 Jesus replied, ²¹  “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. ²²  I ²³  have not come on my own initiative, ²⁴  but he ²⁵  sent me. 8:43 Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept ²⁶  my teaching. ²⁷  8:44 You people ²⁸  are from ²⁹  your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. ³⁰  He ³¹  was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, ³²  because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, ³³  he speaks according to his own nature, ³⁴  because he is a liar and the father of lies. ³⁵  8:45 But because I am telling you ³⁶  the truth, you do not believe me. 8:46 Who among you can prove me guilty ³⁷  of any sin? ³⁸  If I am telling you ³⁹  the truth, why don’t you believe me? 8:47 The one who belongs to ⁴⁰  God listens and responds ⁴¹  to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, ⁴²  because you don’t belong to God.” ⁴³