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I speak the things which I have seen ^[k]with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from ^(be)your father."

They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is ^(bf)our father." Jesus *said to them, "^(bg)If you are Abraham's children, do the deeds of Abraham.

But as it is, ^(bh)you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has ^(bi)told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.

You are doing the deeds of ^(bj)your father." They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; ^(bk)we have one Father: God."

Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, ^(bl)you would love Me, ^(bm)for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have ^(bn)not even come on My own initiative, but ^[l](bo)He sent Me.

Why do you not understand ^[m](bp)what I am saying? It is because you cannot ^(bq)hear My word.

^(br)You are of ^(bs)your father the devil, and ^(bt)you want to do the desires of your father. ^(bu)He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because ^(bv)there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks ^[n]a lie, he ^(bw)speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of ^[o]lies.