Matthew 3:9

John The Baptist Begins His Ministry

⁸ Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance! ⁹ And do not think 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! ¹⁰ Already now the ax is positioned at the root of the trees; therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Descendants Of Abraham

Abraham

Luke 3:8

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!

Luke 16:24

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!'

John 8:33

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'?"

John 8:53

You are not greater than our father Abraham who died, [are you]? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself [to be]?"

Acts 13:26

"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!

Romans 4:1

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

Romans 9:7-8

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

Ezekiel 33:24

"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.'

Matthew 8:11-12

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.

Mark 7:21

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

Luke 5:22

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

Luke 7:39

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."

Luke 12:17

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

Luke 19:40

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

John 8:39-40

They answered and said to him, "Abraham is our father!" Jesus said to them, "If you are children of Abraham, do the deeds of Abraham!

Acts 15:14

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

Romans 4:11-17

And he received the sign of circumcision [as] a seal of the righteousness by faith which [he had] {while uncircumcised}, so that he could be the father of all who believe {although they are uncircumcised}, so that righteousness could be credited to them,

1 Corinthians 1:27-28

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,

Galatians 3:27-29

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

Galatians 4:22-31

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

Ephesians 2:12-13

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.