Listen to these bracing words spoken not to antagonistic Pharisees but to those in the capital city of Jerusalem “who had believed in him.” You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do 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 lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. Because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me.[2]
