Luke 3:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ Bear fruits that befit repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

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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 to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the hundredth of money, grain, wine, and oil which you have been exacting of them.”

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, the inhabitants of these waste places in the land of Israel keep saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he got possession of the land; but we are many; the land is surely given us to possess.’

Matthew 21:43

Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruits of it.”

Matthew 3:8

Bear fruit that befits repentance,

Matthew 3:9

and do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

Luke 13:25

When once the householder has risen up and shut the door, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us.’ He will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’

Luke 13:26

Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’

Luke 14:9

and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.

Luke 19:40

He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”

Luke 19:9

And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.

Luke 5:21

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?”

John 8:33

They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham, and have never been in bondage to any one. How is it that you say, ‘You will be made free’?”

John 8:39

They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did,

Acts 26:20

but declared first to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance.

Romans 4:16

That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants—not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, for he is the father of us all,

Romans 9:7

and not all are children of Abraham because they are his descendants; but “Through Isaac shall your descendants be named.”

Philippians 1:11

filled with the fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.