Luke 3:8 - Tree of Life Version

⁸ Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance; and don’t even begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’! For I tell you that from these stones God can raise up children for 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

Now, return to them this very day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves and their houses, as well as the hundredth that you have extracted from them on the money, the grain, the new wine, and the fresh oil.”

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, the inhabitants of these ruins in the land of Israel keep saying, ‘Abraham was only one, yet he inherited the land. Since we are many, the land is given to us as a possession.’

Matthew 21:43

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

Matthew 3:8

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance;

Matthew 3:9

and do not think that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’! For I tell you that from these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

Luke 13:25

Once the Master of the household gets up and shuts the door, and you’re standing outside and begin knocking on the door, saying, ‘Master, open up for us,’ then He will say to you, ‘I don’t know where you come from.’

Luke 13:26

Then you will start to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your company, and You taught in our streets.’

Luke 14:9

Then the one who invited both of you will come to you and say, ‘Give up this seat.’ And with shame, you would proceed to take the lowest seat.

Luke 19:40

But answering, Yeshua said, “I tell you that if these keep silent, the stones will shout out!”

Luke 19:9

Then Yeshua said to him, “Today salvation has come to this home, because he also is a son of Abraham.

Luke 5:21

Then the Torah scholars and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this fellow speaking blasphemies? Who can pardon sins but God alone?”

John 8:33

They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s children and have never been slaves to anyone! How can you say, ‘You will become free’?”

John 8:39

“Abraham is our father,” they replied to Him. Yeshua said to them, “If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham.

Acts 26:20

Rather, I kept declaring—first to those in Damascus, and then Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also the Gentiles—that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with that repentance.

Romans 4:16

For this reason it depends on trust, so that the promise according to grace might be guaranteed to all the offspring—not only to those of the Torah but also to those of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all

Romans 9:7

nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s seed; rather, “Your seed shall be called through Isaac.”

Philippians 1:11

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Yeshua the Messiah, to the glory and praise of God.