New American Standard Bible 1995

John 8:41-44

41You are doing the deeds of 1your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; 2we have one Father: God.”

42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, 3you would love Me, 4for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have 5not even come on My own initiative, but 6 7He sent Me.

43Why do you not understand 8 9what I am saying? It is because you cannot 10hear My word.

44 11You are of 12your father the devil, and 13you want to do the desires of your father. 14He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because 15there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks 16a lie, he 17speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of 18lies.

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Notes

1. John 8:41 John 8:38, 44 ↩
2. John 8:41 Deut 32:6; Is 63:16; 64:8 ↩
3. John 8:42 1 John 5:1 ↩
4. John 8:42 John 13:3; 16:28, 30; 17:8 ↩
5. John 8:42 John 7:28 ↩
6. John 8:42 Lit that One ↩
7. John 8:42 John 3:17 ↩
8. John 8:43 Or My way of speaking ↩
9. John 8:43 John 8:33, 39, 41 ↩
10. John 8:43 John 5:25 ↩
11. John 8:44 1 John 3:8 ↩
12. John 8:44 John 8:38, 41 ↩
13. John 8:44 John 7:17 ↩
14. John 8:44 Gen 3:4; 1 John 3:8, 15 ↩
15. John 8:44 1 John 2:4 ↩
16. John 8:44 Lit the lie ↩
17. John 8:44 Matt 12:34 ↩
18. John 8:44 Lit it ↩

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