A moment in scripture
John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
The surrounding passage
- John 8:42
Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
- John 8:43
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
- John 8:45
And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
- John 8:46
Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.