43 Why don’t you understand what I’m saying? It’s because you can’t really hear my words.
44 Your father is the devil. You are his children, and you want to do what your father wants. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has never stood for the truth, because there’s no truth in him. Whenever that liar speaks, he speaks according to his own nature, because he’s a liar and the father of liars.
45 Because I speak the truth, you don’t believe me.
46 Who among you can show I’m guilty of sin? Since I speak the truth, why don’t you believe me?
47 God’s children listen to God’s words. You don’t listen to me because you aren’t God’s children."
48 The Jewish opposition answered, "We were right to say that you are a Samaritan and have a demon, weren’t we?"
49 "I don’t have a demon," Jesus replied. "But I honor my Father and you dishonor me.