New Testament · VERSE 44

John 8:44

King James Version

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode 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 of it.

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John 8:44 in context

John 8:42

Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

John 8:43

Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

John 8:44SELECTED VERSE

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode 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 of it.

John 8:45

And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

John 8:46

Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

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