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Jesussaid to them, "IfGod were your Father, 1you would love Me, 2for I proceededforth and havecome from God, for I have 3not evencome on My owninitiative, but 4He sent Me.
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"But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.
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"You are doing the deeds of your father." They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God."
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Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.
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"Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word.
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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 does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.