On a different occasion, Jesus exposed his slanderous religious enemies who had murderous intent toward him by denouncing their promoter and exposing him as the power behind the serpent in Eden, saying: “You are from your father the Devil, and you wish to do the desires of your father.
वह तो आरंभ से हत्यारा है, और सत्य पर स्थिर न रहा, क्योंकि सत्य उस में है ही नहीं: जब वह झूठ बोलता, तो अपने स्वभाव ही से बोलता है; क्योंकि वह झूठा है, बरन झूठ का पिता है । ” — यूहन्‍ना ८: ४४.