42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, ^wyou would ^xlove me, for I came from God and I am here. ^yI came not of my own accord, but he sent me.

44 You are of ^zyour father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a ^amurderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and ^bthe father of lies.