Matthew 3:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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, from the heart of people, come evil plans, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance! And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham [as] father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered [and] said to them, "Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

Now [when] the Pharisee who invited him saw [this], he spoke to himself, saying, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman [this is] who is touching him, that she is a sinner."

And he reasoned to himself, saying, 'What should I do? For I do not have anywhere I can gather in my crops.'

We

"Son of man, the inhabitants of these ruins on the soil of Israel [are] saying, 'Abraham was one [man], and he took possession of the land, and we [are] many; the land has been given for us as possession.'

And he called out [and] said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he could dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am suffering pain in this flame!'

They replied to him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have not been enslaved to anyone at any time. How do you say, 'You will become free'?"

"Men [and] brothers, sons of the family of Abraham and those among you who fear God--to us the message of this salvation has been sent!

What then shall we say [that] Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has found?

nor [are they] all children because they are descendants of Abraham, but "In Isaac will your descendants be named."

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

God

But I say to you that many will come from east and west and {be seated at the banquet} with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

And he answered [and] said, "I tell you that if these keep silent, the stones will cry out!"

Simeon has described how God first concerned himself to take from among the Gentiles a people for his name.

(just as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations") before God, in whom he believed, the one who makes the dead alive and who calls the things that are not as [though] they are,

But the foolish [things] of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the wise, and the weak [things] of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the strong,

for as many [of you] as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

that you were at that time apart from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope, and without God in the world.

General references

And behold, [some] are last who will be first, and [some] are first who will be last."

And he answered [and] said, "I tell you that if these keep silent, the stones will cry out!"