42. Jesus then said to them, `If God were your father, ye were loving me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of myself, but He sent me;
43. wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.
44. `Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a manslayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.
45. `And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me.
46. Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?
47. he who is of God, the sayings of God he doth hear; because of this ye do not hear, because of God ye are not.'
48. The Jews, therefore, answered and said to him, `Do we not say well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?'
49. Jesus answered, `I have not a demon, but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me;
50. and I do not seek my own glory; there is who is seeking and is judging;
51. verily, verily, I say to you, If any one may keep my word, death he may not see--to the age.'
52. The Jews, therefore, said to him, `Now we have known that thou hast a demon; Abraham did die, and the prophets, and thou dost say, If any one may keep my word, he shall not taste of death--to the age!
53. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom dost thou make thyself?'
54. Jesus answered, `If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who is glorifying me, of whom ye say that He is your God;
55. and ye have not known Him, and I have known Him, and if I say that I have not known Him, I shall be like you--speaking falsely; but I have known Him, and His word I keep;
56. Abraham, your father, was glad that he might see my day; and he saw, and did rejoice.'