40. But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God; Abraham did not do this.
41. You are doing the works of your father!” [So] they said to him, “We are not illegitimate. We have one Father, God.”
42. Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am here; I did not come on my own, but he sent me.
43. Why do you not understand what I am saying? Because you cannot bear to hear my word.
44. You belong to your father the devil and you willingly carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
45. But because I speak the truth, you do not believe me.