Matthew 3:9

Legacy Standard Bible

and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.

Cross References

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, they who inhabit these waste places in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one, yet he possessed the land; so to us who are many the land has been given as a possession.’

Mark 7:21

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

Luke 12:17

And he began reasoning to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’

Luke 16:24

And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.’

Luke 19:40

But Jesus answered and said, “I tell you, if these were silent, the stones will cry out!”

Luke 3:8

Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.

Luke 5:22

But Jesus, knowing their reasonings, answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

Luke 7:39

Now when the Pharisee, who had invited Him, saw this, he said to himself, saying, “If this man were a prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, that she is a sinner.”

John 8:33

They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s seed and have never yet been enslaved to anyone. How is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?”

John 8:37

I know that you are Abraham’s seed; yet you are seeking to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.

John 8:53

Surely You are not greater than our father Abraham who died? The prophets died too; whom do You make Yourself out to be?”

Acts 13:26

“Brothers, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the word of this salvation was sent.

Acts 15:14

Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name.

Romans 4:1

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