Matthew 3:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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.

Matthew 3:9 Cross References

Luke 3:8

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.

John 8:33

They answered unto him, We be Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

Romans 4:1

What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, hath found?

Acts 13:26

Brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us is the word of this salvation sent forth.

Luke 16:24

And he cried 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 in anguish in this flame.

John 8:53

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

Luke 5:22

But Jesus perceiving their reasonings, answered and said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?

Mark 7:21

For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

Ezekiel 33:24

Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

Acts 15:14

Symeon hath rehearsed how first God did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

Luke 19:40

And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

Luke 7:39

Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what manner of woman this is which touched him, that she is a sinner.

Luke 12:17

and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?

John 8:37

I know that ye are Abraham's seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.