38 I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.” 39 “Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.
John 8:38–40
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