THE book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Abraham begot Isaac: Isaac begot Jacob: Jacob begot Judah and his brothers:

So all the generations from Abraham till David are fourteen generations: and from David till the removal to Babylon are fourteen generations: and from the removal to Babylon till the Christ are fourteen generations.

and think not to say within yourselves, "We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

I also say to you, That many shall come from the east and the west, and shall recline with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven;

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

But concerning the dead, that they do rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, at The Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

by remembering his mercy to Abraham and to his posterity forever.

the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,

Bring forth, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance. And begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

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

There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but your selves cast out.

and in hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus iii his bosom.

And he called to him and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

But Abraham said, Son, remember that, in your lifetime, you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus his evil things. But now he is comforted, and you are tormented.

Abraham said to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

But he said, Not so, Father Abraham; but if one should go to them from the dead, they would repent.

And Jesus said to him: To-day has salvation come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.

But: that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at The Bush, since he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

They answered him: We are the posterity of Abraham, and have never been in bondage to any one. How say you, You shall be made free?

I know that you are the posterity of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you.

They answered and said to him: Abra ham is our father. Jesus said to them: If you were the children of Abraham, you would do the works of Abraham.

But now you seek to kill me, a man that has spoken to you the truth, which I have heard from God; this Abraham did not.

Then said the Jews to him: Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and you say, If a man keep my word, he shall never taste of death.

Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead; whom do you make yourself?

Abraham, your father, rejoiced that he could see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.

Then the Jews said to him: You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?

Jesus said to them: Verily, verily I say to you, before Abraham came into being, I was.

You are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

He replied: Brethren and fathers, hear: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

and they were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulcher which Abraham bought for its value in silver, from the sons of Emmor, the father of Sychem.

And as the time of the promise which God had made with an oath to Abraham drew near, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

Brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

What, then, shall we say that Abraham our father has found, as it respects the flesh?

For if Abraham was. justified by works, he has cause for boasting, but not before God.

For what says the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.

Comes this blessedness then on those who are circumcised only, or on those who are uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham for righteousness.

and the father of circumcision to those who are not only circumcised, but who, also, walk in the steps of that faith which our father Abraham had while he was yet uncircumcised.

For the promise that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, nor to his posterity, through law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Therefore, the inheritance is by faith, that it may be according to grace, in order that the promise may be sure to all his posterity, not to those only who are of the law, but to those, also, who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

Nor, because they are the posterity of Abraham, are they all children: but in Isaac shall your posterity be called.

I say, then, Has God rejected his people? It can not be. For I am an Israelite, of the posterity of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they of the posterity of Abraham? So am I.

even as Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.

Know, therefore, that those who are of faith are the sons of Abraham.

For the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached beforehand the gospel to Abraham, saying: In you shall all the nations be blessed.

So, then, those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

in order that the blessing of Abraham may come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we may receive the promise of the Spirit through the faith.

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring; he does not say: And to offsprings, as if he spoke of many; but as of one, And to your offspring, which is Christ.

For if the inheritance be by law, it is no longer by promise: but God bestowed it on Abraham by promise.

And if you are Christ s, then you are Abraham's posterity, and heirs according to the promise.

For it is written, that Abraham had two sons; one by a bondmaid, and one by a free woman.

For, verily, he does not take hold of angels, but he takes hold of the posterity of Abraham.

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,

For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him,

to whom also Abraham gave a tenth of all, being, first, by interpretation, King of righteousness, and then, also, King of Salem, which means King of peace,

Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils.

And those of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

but he who does not count his genealogy from them, received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

And so to speak, even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham;

By faith Abraham, when called to go out into a place that he should afterward receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: even his first-born, did he that had received the promises, offer up,

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

And the scripture was fulfilled, which says, Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness: and he was called the friend of God.

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: and you are her children, if you do good, and fear no dismay.