38. I tell you what I have seen in the Father’s presence; then do what you have heard from the Father.”
39. They answered and said to him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works of Abraham.
40. But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God; Abraham did not do this.
41. You are doing the works of your father!” [So] they said to him, “We are not illegitimate. We have one Father, God.”
42. Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am here; I did not come on my own, but he sent me.