37 I know that you are Abraham’s children, yet you want to kill me because you don’t welcome my teaching.
38 I’m telling you what I’ve seen when I am with the Father, but you are doing what you’ve heard from your father."
39 They replied, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus responded, "If you were Abraham’s children, you would do Abraham’s works.
40 Instead, you want to kill me, though I am the one who has spoken the truth I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do this.
41 You are doing your father’s works." They said, "Our ancestry isn’t in question! The only Father we have is God!"
42 Jesus replied, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God. Here I am. I haven’t come on my own. God sent me.
43 Why don’t you understand what I’m saying? It’s because you can’t really hear my words.