You are of your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
and have even set up the prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf, ‘There is a king in Judah.’ These rumours will be heard by the king. So come, let’s confer together.