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NASB					John 8:44 "^AYou are of ^Byour father³⁹⁶² the devil¹²²⁸, and ^Cyou want²³⁰⁹ to do⁴¹⁶⁰ the desires¹⁹³⁹ of your father³⁹⁶². ^DHe was a murderer⁴⁴³ from the beginning⁷⁴⁶, and does not stand⁴⁷³⁹ in the truth²²⁵ because³⁷⁵⁴ ^Ethere is no³⁷⁵⁶ truth²²⁵ in him. Whenever³⁷⁵² he speaks²⁹⁸⁰ ¹a lie⁵⁵⁷⁹, he ^Fspeaks²⁹⁸⁰ from his own²³⁹⁸ nature, for he is a liar⁵⁵⁸³ and the father³⁹⁶² of ²lies⁸⁴⁶.
AMPLIFIED 2015					John 8:44 "You are of your father the devil, and it is your will to practice the desires [which are characteristic] of your father. 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 what it natural to him, for he is a liar and the father of lies and half-truths.

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NASB Cross References:
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1 John 3:8 the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.

John 8:38 "I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father."

John 7:17 "If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself.

Gen 3:4 The serpent said to the woman, "You surely will not die!

1 John 2:4 The one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

Matt 12:34 "You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

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Greek Heb.

225

alêtheia; from 227; truth:--certainly*(2), most(1), rightly*(1), truly*(2), truth(104).

443

anthrôpoktonos; from 444 and kteinô (to kill); a manslayer:--murderer(3).

746

archê; from 757; beginning, origin:--beginning(38), corners(2), domain(1), elementary(1), elementary*(1), first(1), first preaching(1), principalities(1), rule(4), rulers(6).

846

autos; an intensive pron., a prim. word; (1) self (emphatic) (2) he, she, it (used for the third pers. pron.) (3) the same:--accompanied*(2), agree*(1), anyone(1), both*(1), city(2), even(1), here*(1), herself(5), himself(83), itself(7), just(1), lies(1), like(1), like-minded(1), money(1), myself(10), number(1), one(1), one's(2), other(1), ourselves(8), own(2), part(1), people(1), person(1), personally(1), righteousness(1), same(59), same things(4), same way(1), selves(1), sight(1), temple(1), theirs(3), themselves(23), there*(2), these(1), these things(2), this(1), those(2), together*(8), very(17), very one(1), very thing(4), well(1), who(3), whose(2), whose*(1), women(1), yourself(3), yourselves(14), yourselves*(3).

1228

diabolos; from 1225; slanderous, accusing falsely:--devil(34), malicious gossips(3).

1939

epithumia; from 1937; desire, passionate longing, lust:--coveting(2), desire(4), desires(8), earnestly(1), impulses(1), long(1), lust(5), lustful(1), lusts(15).

2309

thelô; a prim. vb.; to will, wish:--am...willing(1), am willing(3), delighting(1), delights(1), desire(14), desired(4), desires(4), desiring(2), intended(1), intending(1), like(3), maintain(1), mean(1), mean*(2), please(1), purposed(1), refused*(1), unwilling*(11), want(52), wanted(15), wanting(3), wants(8), will(5), willed(1), willing(15), wills(4), wish(24), wished(7), wishes(16), wishing(4), would(1).

2398

idios; a prim. word; one's own, distinct:--due(1), friends(1), himself(4), home(1), individually(1), one's own(1), own(84), owner(1), private*(1), privately*(7), proper(4), themselves(3), themselves*(1).

2980

laleô; from lalos (talkative); to talk:--made(1), proclaiming(1), said(6), say(5), saying(7), says(2), speak(95), speak forth(1), speaking(54), speaks(25), spoke(44), spoken(38), stating(1), talked(1), talking(5), tell(1), telling(1), things spoken(2), told(7), uttered(1), whispered*(1).

3752

hotan; from 3753 and 302; whenever:--after(2), soon*(1), until*(1), when(107), whenever(9), while(2).

3754

hoti; conjunc. from neut. of 3748; that, because:--because(212), fact(3), how(2), saying(1), since(10), so(1), then(1), though(1), what(1).

3756

ou,
ouk,
ouch; a prim. word; not, no:--all*(1), any the less(2), before*(1), cannot(1), cannot*(49), certainly*(1), ever*(3), except(1), failed(1), few*(1), great*(1), greatly*(1), impossible*(1), incessantly*(1), kept...a virgin*(1), kept right*(1), long*(1), neither(2), neither*(3), never(6), never*(17), no(147), no*(22), none(4), none*(3), nor(3), nothing(8), nothing*(13), nowhere*(2), number(1), number*(2), only*(5), rather(2), rather than(1), refrain(1), refused*(1), than*(2), unable*(6), unaware*(3), unwilling*(12), unworthy*(1), virgin*(1), without(2), without*(6).

3962

patêr; a prim. word; a father:--father(348), father's(13), fathers(53), parents(1).

4160

poieô; a prim. word; to make, do:--accomplished(1), act(4), acted(3), acting(1), acts(2), appointed(3), away*(1), bear(5), bearing(1), bears(3), become(1), bore(1), bring(1), bring...to pass(1), bring about(2), bringing(1), brings forth(1), call(1), carried(1), carries(1), carry(1), cause(3), causes(2), causing(1), commit(2), commits(2), committed(4), composed(1), consider(1), created things(1), dealt(1), did(33), did...do(2), do(170), does(16), does...do(1), doing(38), done(43), establishing(1), execute(4), exercises(1), expose*(1), formed(1), formed a conspiracy(1), forms(1), gave(4), give(4), gives(1), giving(1), have(2), have kept(1), having(1), held(1), indulging(1), keep(3), keeps(1), kept(1), made(38), make(47), makes(7), making(9), observe(2), offer(1), offering(1), perform(4), performed(8), performing(7), performs(1), practice(5), practices(11), practicing(1), present(1), proceeding(1), produce(3), produced(1), produces(2), producing(1), provide(1), put(1), satisfy*(1), setting(1), show(2), showed(1), shown(1), spend(1), spent(4), took(1), treat(6), treated(1), weaker(1), worked(1), working(1).

4739

stêkô; from the perf. tense of 2476; to stand, spec. stand firm:--stand(2), stand firm(4), standing(1), standing firm(2), stands(2).

5579

pseudos; from 5574; a falsehood, untruth, lie:--false(1), falsehood(1), lie(5), lying(2), what is false(1).

5583

pseustês from the same as 5574; a liar:--liar(8), liars(2).

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