36. Therefore, if the Son has set you free, then you will truly be free.
37. I know that you are sons of Abraham. But you are seeking to kill me, because my word has not taken hold in you.
38. I speak what I have seen with my Father. And you do what you have seen with your father."
39. They responded and said to him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them: "If you are the sons of Abraham, then do the works of Abraham.
40. But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
41. You do the works of your father." Therefore, they said to him: "We were not born out of fornication. We have one father: God."
42. Then Jesus said to them: "If God were your father, certainly you would love me. For I proceeded and came from God. For I did not come from myself, but he sent me.
43. Why do you not recognize my speech? It is because you are not able to hear my word.