as he promised to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever."

the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham. This oath grants

Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance, and don't begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

Then shouldn't this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be released from this imprisonment on the Sabbath day?"

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves thrown out.

"Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.

And in hell, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.

So he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.'

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.

But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to them.'

Then the rich man said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'

Then Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this household, because he too is a son of Abraham!

But even Moses revealed that the dead are raised in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.