World English Bible
John 8:43
“Why don't you understand my speech? Because you can't hear my word.”
Verse in context — John 8
41
You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God.
42
Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven't come of myself, but he sent me.
43
Why don't you understand my speech? Because you can't hear my word.
44
You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.
45
But because I tell the truth, you don't believe me.
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