KJV ORIGINAL
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
You're following in your father the devil's footsteps, and you're going to keep doing what he wants you to do. He's been a killer from day one and has never stood with the truth, because there's literally no truth in him. When he lies, he's just being himself — he's a liar through and through, and he invented lying.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Jesus called out fake people by pointing to their real source — the father of lies himself.
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