008:037 You are descendants of Abraham, I know; but you want to kill me,
because my teaching gains no ground within you.
008:038 The words I speak are those I have learnt in the presence
of the Father. Therefore you also should do what you have
heard from your father."
008:039 "Our father is Abraham," they said. "If you were Abraham's children,"
replied Jesus, "it is Abraham's deeds that you would be doing.
008:040 But, in fact, you are longing to kill me, a man who has
spoken to you the truth which I have heard from God.
Abraham did not do that.
008:041 You are doing the deeds of your father." "We," they replied,
"are not illegitimate children. We have one Father, namely God."
008:042 "If God were your Father," said Jesus, "you would love me;
for it is from God that I came and I am now here.
I have not come of myself, but *He* sent me.
008:043 How is it you do not understand me when I speak?
It is because you cannot bear to listen to my words.
008:044 The father whose sons you are is the Devil; and you desire to do
what gives him pleasure. *He* was a murderer from the beginning,
and does not stand firm in the truth--for there is no truth in him.
Whenever he utters his lie, he utters it out of his own store;
for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
008:045 But because I speak the truth, you do not believe me.
008:046 Which of *you* convicts me of sin? If I speak the truth,
why do you not believe me?
008:047 He who is a child of God listens to God's words.
You do not listen to them: and why? It is because you are
not God's children."
008:048 "Are we not right," answered the Jews, "in saying that you
are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?"