37 “Yes, I know that you’re all descendants of Abraham, but you’re trying to kill me because my message doesn’t lodge in you. 38 Indeed I talk about what I’ve actually seen with the father, but you all are doing what you’ve heard from your father.”

39 But they retorted, “Abraham is our father.”[fn]

And Yeshua responded, “Well, if you really were descendants of Abraham, you’d behave more like him. 40 But instead you’re trying to find a way to have me killed—to kill the man who has spoken the truth to you—truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did that. 41 You’re doing what your father wants you all do to.”

But they shot back, “It’s not us who was conceived by a couple that weren’t even married! Anyway, we only have one father and that’s God.”

42 “If God was your father you all would be loving me,” Yeshua responded, “because I came from God and for God. I didn’t just come by myself, but God sent me here. 43 Why can’t you comprehend what I’m saying? The reason that you can’t stand listening to my message 44 is because you come from your father, the devil, and you want to do what your father wants. But he was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stick to the truth because there’s no truth in him. Whenever he tells lies, he’s speaking from his own nature, because he’s a liar and the source of lying. 45 But because I’m speaking the truth, you don’t believe in me. 46 Which of you can scold me for my sins? If I am speaking the truth, why don’t you believe I’m from God? 47 Anyone who belongs to God, listens to what God says. But you all can’t even hear the message, because you don’t belong to God.”