Luke 3:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Change your hearts! And show by your lives that you have changed. I know what you are about to say—‘but Abraham is our father!’ That means nothing. I tell you that God can make children for Abraham from these rocks!

Cross References

Acts 26:20

I began telling people to change their hearts and lives and turn back to God. And I told them to do what would show that they had really changed. I went first to people in Damascus. Then I went to Jerusalem and to every part of Judea and told the people there. I also went to the non-Jewish people.

Matthew 21:43

“So I tell you that God’s kingdom will be taken away from you. It will be given to people who do what God wants in his kingdom.

Philippians 1:11

that your life will be full of the many good works that are produced by Jesus Christ to bring glory and praise to God.

Romans 9:7

And only some of Abraham’s descendants are true children of Abraham. This is what God said to Abraham: “Your true descendants will be those who come through Isaac.”

Romans 4:16

So people get what God promised by having faith. This happens so that the promise can be a free gift. And if the promise is a free gift, then all of Abraham’s people will get that promise. The promise is not just for those who live under the Law of Moses. It is for all who live with faith as Abraham did. He is the father of us all.

Luke 19:40

But Jesus answered, “I tell you, if my followers didn’t say them, these stones would shout them.”

John 8:33

They answered, “We are Abraham’s descendants. And we have never been slaves. So why do you say that we will be free?”

John 8:39

They said, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said, “If you were really Abraham’s descendants, you would do what Abraham did.

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, there are Israelites who live in the ruined cities in Israel. They are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, and God gave him all this land. Now, we are many people, so surely this land belongs to us! It is our land!’

Matthew 3:8

Change your hearts! And show by the way you live that you have changed.

Matthew 3:9

I know what you are thinking. You want to say, ‘but Abraham is our father!’ That means nothing. I tell you, God could make children for Abraham from these rocks.

Luke 5:21

The Jewish teachers of the law and the Pharisees thought to themselves, “Who is this man who dares to say such things? What an insult to God! No one but God can forgive sins.”

Luke 13:25

If a man locks the door of his house, you can stand outside and knock on the door, but he won’t open it. You can say, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you. Where did you come from?’

Luke 13:26

Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you. You taught in the streets of our town.’

Luke 14:9

And if you are sitting in the most important seat, they will come to you and say, ‘Give this man your seat!’ Then you will have to move down to the last place and be embarrassed.

Luke 19:9

Jesus said, “Today is the day for this family to be saved from sin. Yes, even this tax collector is one of God’s chosen people.

Nehemiah 5:11

You must give their fields, vineyards, olive fields, and houses back to them, right now! And you must give back the interest you charged them. You charged them one percent for the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you loaned them.”