John 8:42-59

⁴²Jesus said to them, If God were your father, ye would love me; for from God I proceeded forth and am come; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

⁴³Why do ye not understand my language? It is because ye cannot listen to my word.

⁴⁴Ye are of your father the Devil, and what your father desireth ye are ready to do. He was a murderer from the beginning; and he abideth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh from his own nature; for he is a liar, and the father of it.

⁴⁵But because I speak the truth, ye believe me not.

⁴⁶Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I speak truth, Why do ye not believe me?

⁴⁷He that is of God heareth God's words; for this cause ye do not hear, because ye are not of God.

⁴⁸The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?

⁴⁹Jesus answered, I have not a demon, but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me.

⁵⁰But I seek not my own glory; there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

⁵¹Truly, truly do I say to you, If any one keep my word, he will never see death.

⁵²The Jews said to him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If any one keep my word, he will never taste of death.

⁵³Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets also died. Whom dost thou make thyself?

⁵⁴Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifieth me, of whom ye say, He is our God:

⁵⁵yet ye know him not; but I know him. And if I should say, I know him not, I should be a liar like you. But I know him, and keep his word.

⁵⁶Your father Abraham exulted that he might see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.

⁵⁷The Jews therefore said to him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

⁵⁸Jesus said to them, Truly, truly do I say to you, From before Abraham was, I have been.

⁵⁹They therefore took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus concealed himself, and went out of the temple.