Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I have not come on my own; he sent me.
In context
40But now you are trying to kill me — a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. That is not what Abraham did. 41You are doing the works of your own father.” They said to him, “We are not illegitimate children. We have one Father: God.” 42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I have not come on my own; he sent me. 43Why do you not understand what I am saying? Because you cannot bear to hear my word. 44You belong to your father, the devil, and you choose to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and he never stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native tongue, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
