You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 8:44 in context
John 8:41–47
41
You do the works of your father.”
They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God.”
42
Therefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.
43
Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word.
44
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You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
45
But because I tell the truth, you don’t believe me.
46
Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
47
He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don’t hear, because you are not of God.”
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