Luke 3:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Bear fruits that are deserving and consistent with [your] repentance [that is, conduct worthy of a heart changed, a heart abhorring sin]. And do not begin to say to yourselves, We have Abraham as our father; for I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up descendants for Abraham.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin 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.

Common English Bible

⁸ Produce fruit that shows you have changed your hearts and lives. And don’t even think about saying to yourselves, Abraham is our father. I tell you that God is able to raise up Abraham’s children from these stones.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ So then, produce fruits worthy of repentance. And do not begin to say, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God has the power to raise up sons to Abraham from these stones.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of penance; and do not begin to say, We have Abraham for our father. For I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

Luke 3:8 Cross References

Nehemiah 5:11

Return their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses to them immediately, along with the percentage  of the money, grain, new wine, and fresh oil  that you have been assessing them.’

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; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.”

Matthew 21:43

Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit.

Matthew 3:8

Therefore produce fruit  consistent with  repentance.

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 13:25

once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door.   Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, “Lord, open up for us! ” He will answer you, “I don’t know you or where you’re from.”

Luke 13:26

Then you will say, “We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.”

Luke 14:9

The one who invited both of you may come and say to you, “Give your place to this man,” and then in humiliation, you will proceed to take the lowest place.

Luke 19:40

He answered, ‘I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out.’

Luke 19:9

‘Today salvation   has come to this house,’ Jesus told him, ‘because he too is a son of Abraham.

Luke 5:21

Then the scribes and the Pharisees  began to think to themselves, ‘Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone? ’

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 8:39

‘Our father is Abraham,’ they replied. ‘If you were Abraham’s children,’ Jesus told them, ‘you would do what Abraham did.

Acts 26:20

Instead, I preached to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.

Romans 4:16

This is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace,  to guarantee it to all the descendants   #– #not only to the one who is of the law  but also to the one who is of Abraham’s faith. He is the father of us all.

Romans 9:7

Neither is it the case that all of Abraham’s children are his descendants.  , On the contrary, your offspring will be traced   through Isaac.   ,

Philippians 1:11

filled with the fruit  of righteousness  that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory  and praise of God.