Matthew 3:9 - The Scriptures 2009

⁹ and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Aḇraham as father.’ For I say to you that Elohim is able to raise up children to Aḇraham from 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

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in the land of Yisra’ĕl are saying, ‘Aḇraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many, let the land be given to us as a possession.’

Mark 7:21

“For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil reasonings, adulteries, whorings, murders,

Luke 12:17

“And he was reasoning within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops?’

Luke 16:24

“And crying out he said, ‘Father Aḇraham, have compassion on me, and send El‛azar to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering in this flame.’

Luke 19:40

But He answering, said to them, “I say to you that if these shall be silent, the stones would cry out.”

Luke 3:8

“Therefore bear fruit worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Aḇraham as our father.’ For I say to you that Elohim is able to raise up children to Aḇraham from these stones.

Luke 5:22

And יהושע, knowing their thoughts, answering, said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

Luke 7:39

And when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, “This One, if He were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.”

John 8:33

They answered Him, “We are the seed of Aḇraham, and have been servants to no one at any time. How do you say, ‘You shall become free’?”

John 8:37

“I know that you are the seed of Aḇraham, but you seek to kill Me, because My Word has no place in you.

John 8:53

Are You greater than our father Aḇraham, who died? And the prophets died. Whom do You make Yourself?

Acts 13:26

“Men, brothers, sons of the race of Aḇraham, and those among you fearing Elohim, to you the word of this deliverance has been sent,

Acts 15:14

“Shim‛on has declared how Elohim first visited the nations to take out of them a people for His Name.

Romans 4:1

What, then, shall we say Aḇraham our father, to have found, according to the flesh?