John 8:44

44 You⁺ are of the father the devil, and the desires of your⁺ father it is your⁺ will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of lies.[fn]

Footnotes

father of lies, is literally 'father of it [lies]' or 'father of him [liars]'.