They answered him, \u2018Abraham is our father.\u2019 Jesus said to them, \u2018If you were Abraham\u2019s children, you would be doing what Abraham did, but now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. You are indeed doing what your father does.\u2019 They said to him, \u2018We are not illegitimate children; we have one father, God himself.\u2019 Jesus said to them, \u2018If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now I am here. I did not come on my own, but he sent me. Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot accept my word. You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father\u2019s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? Whoever is from God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear them is that you are not from God.\u2019<\/p>\n
The Jews answered him, \u2018Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?\u2019 Jesus answered, \u2018I do not have a demon; but I honour my Father, and you dishonour me. Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is one who seeks it and he is the judge. Very truly, I tell you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.\u2019 The Jews said to him, \u2018Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and so did the prophets; yet you say, \u201cWhoever keeps my word will never taste death.\u201d Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets also died. Who do you claim to be?\u2019 Jesus answered, \u2018If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, he of whom you say, \u201cHe is our God\u201d, though you do not know him. But I know him; if I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him and I keep his word. Your ancestor Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; he saw it and was glad.\u2019 Then the Jews said to him, \u2018You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?\u2019 Jesus said to them, \u2018Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.\u2019 So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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