^{38 Ref} I speak the things which I have seen with `my' Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from `your' father.

^{39 Ref} They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

^{40 Ref} But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.

^{41 Ref} Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, `even' God.

^{42 Ref} Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.

^{43 Ref} Why do ye not understand my speech? `Even' because ye cannot hear my word.

^{44 Ref} Ye are of `your' father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

^{45 Ref} But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.

^{46 Ref} Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why do ye not believe me?

^{47 Ref} He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear `them' not, because ye are not of God.