John 8:41

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

You people are doing what your father does.” They said to Him, “We were not born illegitimately; the only Father we have is God.”

Cross References

John 8:38

I am telling [you] about what I have seen in my Father’s presence; but you [should] do what you have heard from your father.”

John 8:44

You belong to your father the devil, and you are [always] wanting to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the [very] beginning [Note: This is probably a reference to Satan’s influence on Adam, Eve and Cain in the Garden of Eden] and does not stand for the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he only speaks what is part of his nature, because he is a liar and the father of [all] liars.

1 John 3:12

not [hate each other] the way Cain did, who belonged to the evil one [i.e., Satan], when he murdered his brother [Abel]. And why did he murder him? It was because his [own] actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous [See Heb. 11:4].