8:39 They answered him, ¹  “Abraham is our father!” ²  Jesus replied, ³  “If you are ⁴  Abraham’s children, you would be doing ⁵  the deeds of Abraham. 8:40 But now you are trying ⁶  to kill me, a man who has told you ⁷  the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this! ⁸  8:41 You people ⁹  are doing the deeds of your father.”

Then ¹⁰  they said to Jesus, ¹¹  “We were not born as a result of immorality! ¹²  We have only one Father, God himself.” 8:42 Jesus replied, ¹³  “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. ¹⁴  I ¹⁵  have not come on my own initiative, ¹⁶  but he ¹⁷  sent me. 8:43 Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept ¹⁸  my teaching. ¹⁹  8:44 You people ²⁰  are from ²¹  your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. ²²  He ²³  was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, ²⁴  because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, ²⁵  he speaks according to his own nature, ²⁶  because he is a liar and the father of lies. ²⁷