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.
44. Your father is the devil. You belong to him and want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning. He was against the truth, for there is no truth in him. He is a liar, and he is like the lies he tells. He is the father of lies.
45. But I speak the truth. That is why you don’t believe me.
46. Can any of you prove that I am guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?
47. He who belongs to God accepts what God says. But you don’t accept what God says, because you don’t belong to God.”
48. The Jews answered, “We say you are a Samaritan! We say a demon has come into you. Are we not right?”
49. Jesus answered, “I have no demon in me. I give honor to my Father, but you dishonor me.