Matthew 3:9 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁹ and do not think to say among yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham out of these stones.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And do not presume to say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our forefather; for I tell you, God is able to raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ 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.

Common English Bible

⁹ 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

⁹ And do not choose to say within yourselves, '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

⁹ And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father. For I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

Matthew 3:9 Cross References

Mark 7:21

For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Luke 12:17

And he reasoned within himself, saying, 'What shall I do, because I have nowhere to gather my crops?'

Luke 16:24

Then he cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am suffering in this flame.'

Luke 19:40

But He answered and said to them, "I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out."

Luke 3:8

Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say among yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham out of these stones.

Luke 5:22

But when Jesus perceived their reasonings, He answered and said to them, "Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

Luke 7:39

Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke within himself, saying, "This [Man], if He were a prophet, would know who and what sort of woman [this is] who touches Him, for she is a sinner."

John 8:33

They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How [can] you say, 'You will become free'?"

John 8:37

"I know that you are Abraham's descendants, but you seek to kill Me, because My word finds no place in you.

John 8:53

"Are You greater than our father Abraham, who died? Also the prophets died. Whom do You make Yourself [out to be]?"

Acts 13:26

"Men, brothers, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you the message of this salvation has been sent.

Acts 15:14

Simeon has declared how God first visited [them ]to take from the Gentiles a people for His name.

Romans 4:1

What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh?