38. I am telling you what my Father has shown me. But you do what your father has told you.”
39. They answered, “Our father is Abraham.”Jesus said, “If you were really Abraham’s children, you would do the things that Abraham did.
40. I am a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. But you are trying to kill me. Abraham did nothing like that.
41. So you are doing the things that your own father did.”But they said, “We are not like children who never knew who their father was. God is our Father. He is the only Father we have.”
42. Jesus said to them, “If God were really your Father, you would love me. I came from God and now I am here. I did not come by my own authority. God sent me.
43. You don’t understand what I say because you cannot accept my teaching.