42. Jesus told them, “If God were your Father, you would love me. After all, I’m here, and I came from God. I didn’t come on my own. Instead, God sent me.
43. Why don’t you understand the language I use? Is it because you can’t understand the words I use?
44. You come from your father, the devil, and you desire to do what your father wants you to do. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He has never been truthful. He doesn’t know what the truth is. Whenever he tells a lie, he’s doing what comes naturally to him. He’s a liar and the father of lies.
45. So you don’t believe me because I tell the truth.
46. Can any of you convict me of committing a sin? If I’m telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?
47. The person who belongs to God understands what God says. You don’t understand because you don’t belong to God.”
48. The Jews replied to Jesus, “Aren’t we right when we say that you’re a Samaritan and that you’re possessed by a demon?”