Luke 3:8

Free Bible Version

“Demonstrate that you have truly repented. Don't try to justify yourselves by saying, ‘We're Abraham's descendants.’ Let me tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these stones.

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:11

Give them back right now their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the one percent interest on the money, grain, new wine, and olive oil that you have been charging them.”

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, people living among the ruins in Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, but the country was given to him to own. There's plenty of us, so the country should belong to us.’

Matthew 21:43

That's why I'm telling you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you. It will be given to a people who produce the right kind of fruit.

Matthew 3:8

Show by what you do that you have truly repented,

Matthew 3:9

and don't presume to say proudly to yourselves, ‘Abraham is our father.’ I tell you that God could make children of Abraham from these stones.

Luke 13:25

Once the house owner gets up and closes the door, you'll be standing outside knocking on the door, saying, ‘Master, please open the door for us.’ But he'll reply, ‘I don't know you or where you're from.’

Luke 13:26

Then you'll say, ‘But we ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets!’

Luke 14:9

“Your host who invited you both will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then in embarrassment you'll have to move to whatever place is left.

Luke 19:40

But Jesus replied, “I tell you that if they keep quiet then the stones will shout!”

Luke 19:9

In response Jesus said, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man has shown he is a son of Abraham too.

Luke 5:21

The religious teachers and the Pharisees began to argue with that. “Who is this who's speaking blasphemies?” they asked. “Who can forgive sins? Only God can do that!”

John 8:33

“We're descendants of Abraham! We've never been anyone's slaves,” they answered. “How can you say that we'll be set free?”

John 8:39

“Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you really were children of Abraham, you'd do what Abraham did,” Jesus told them.

Acts 26:20

First in Damascus, then in Jerusalem, and then all over Judea and also to the foreigners I shared the message of repentance: how they should turn to God, demonstrating their repentance through their actions.

Romans 4:16

So the promise is based on trusting God. It is provided as a free gift, guaranteed to all the children of Abraham—not merely to those who follow the law, but also to those who trust like Abraham, the father of us all.

Romans 9:7

and not all those who are descended from Abraham are his true children. For Scripture says, “Your descendants will be counted through Isaac,”

Philippians 1:11

filled with the fruits of living right that come through Jesus Christ and give glory and praise to God.