John 8
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John 8:41-44

41You are doingποιεῖτεpoieiteG4160the deedsἔργαergaG2041ofyour fatherπατρὸςpatrosG3962.”They saidG3004to Him, “We were not bornγεγεννήμεθα·gegennēmethaG1080of fornicationπορνείαςporneiasG4202;we haveἔχομενechomenG2192oneἕναhenaG1520FatherπατέραpateraG3962:Godθεόν.¶theonG2316.”
42JesusἸησοῦς·IēsousG2424saidG3004to them,“IfεἰeiG1487GodθεὸςtheosG2316were your FatherπατὴρpatērG3962,you would loveἠγαπᾶτεēgapateG25Me,for I proceededG1831forthἐξῆλθονexēlthonG1831and haveG2240comeG2240from GodθεοῦtheouG2316, for I havenot evenοὐδὲoudeG3761comeἐλήλυθα,elēluthaG2064on My ownG1683initiativeG1683, butHe sentἀπέστειλεν.apesteilenG649Me.
43Whyδιὰ τίdia tiG1223G5101do you not understandγινώσκετε;ginōsketeG1097whatG2981I am sayingG2981? It isbecauseὅτιhotiG3754you cannotδύνασθεdunastheG1410G3756hearἀκούεινakoueinG191My wordλόγονlogonG3056.
44You are of yourfatherπατρὸςpatrosG3962the devilδιαβόλουdiabolouG1228, andyou wantθέλετεtheleteG2309to doποιεῖν.poieinG4160the desiresἐπιθυμίαςepithumiasG1939of your fatherπατρὸςpatrosG3962.He was a murdererἀνθρωποκτόνοςanthrōpoktonosG443from the beginningἀρχῆςarchēsG746,and does not standG4739in the truthἀληθείᾳalētheiaG225becauseG3754there is noG3756truthἀλήθειαalētheiaG225in him. WheneverὅτανhotanG3752he speaksλαλῇlalēaG2980a lieψεῦδος,pseudosG5579, hespeaksλαλεῖ,laleiG2980from his ownἰδίωνidiōnG2398nature,for he is a liarψεύστηςpseustēsG5583and the fatherπατὴρpatērG3962ofliesG846.
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