Matthew 3:9

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Matthew 3:9

And don’t presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

Luke 3:8

Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

Luke 16:24

‘Father Abraham!’ he called out, ‘Have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame!’

John 8:33

“We are descendants of Abraham,” they answered Him, “and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will become free’?”

John 8:53

Are You greater than our father Abraham who died? Even the prophets died. Who do You pretend to be?”

Acts 13:26

“Brothers, sons of Abraham’s race, and those among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

Romans 4:1

What then can we say that Abraham, our physical ancestor, has found?

Romans 9:7-8

Neither are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants. On the contrary, your offspring will be traced through Isaac.

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, those who live in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one person, yet he received possession of the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.’

Matthew 8:11-12

I tell you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 7:21

For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

Luke 5:22

But perceiving their thoughts, Jesus replied to them, “Why are you thinking this in your hearts?

Luke 7:39

When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching Him—she’s a sinner!”

Luke 12:17

He thought to himself, ‘What should I do, since I don’t have anywhere to store my crops?

Luke 19:40

He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out!”

John 8:39-40

“Our father is Abraham!” they replied.

“If you were Abraham’s children,” Jesus told them, “you would do what Abraham did.

Acts 15:14

Simeon has reported how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for His name.

Romans 4:11-17

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while still uncircumcised. This was to make him the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, so that righteousness may be credited to them also.

1 Corinthians 1:27-28

Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.

Galatians 3:27-29

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ like a garment.

Galatians 4:22-31

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and the other by a free woman.

Ephesians 2:12-13

At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

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Summary

Matthew 3:9

And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

Think

Luke 12:17

We

Galatians 4:22

God

Ephesians 2:12

General references

Luke 13:30

Luke 19:40

Bible References

Think

For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

But perceiving their thoughts, Jesus replied to them, “Why are you thinking this in your hearts?

When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching Him—she’s a sinner!”

He thought to himself, ‘What should I do, since I don’t have anywhere to store my crops?

We

‘Father Abraham!’ he called out, ‘Have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame!’

“We are descendants of Abraham,” they answered Him, “and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will become free’?”

“Brothers, sons of Abraham’s race, and those among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

What then can we say that Abraham, our physical ancestor,

has found?

Neither are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants.

On the contrary, your offspring will be traced

through Isaac.

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and the other by a free woman.

God

I tell you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out!”

Simeon has reported how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for His name.

in God’s sight. As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations.

He believed in God, who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist.

Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ like a garment.

At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

General references

Note this: Some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out!”