Luke 3:8

New Century Version

Do the things that show you really have changed your hearts and lives. Don’t begin to say to yourselves, ‘Abraham is our father.’ I tell you that God could make children for Abraham from these rocks.

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:11

Give back their fields, vineyards, olive trees, and houses right now. Also give back the extra amount you charged—the hundredth part of the money, grain, new wine, and oil.”

Ezekiel 33:24

“Human, people who live in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying: ‘Abraham was only one person, yet he was given the land as his own. Surely the land has been given to us, who are many, as our very own.’

Matthew 21:43

“So I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to people who do the things God wants in his kingdom.

Matthew 3:8

Do the things that show you really have changed your hearts and lives.

Matthew 3:9

And don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘Abraham is our father.’ I tell you that God could make children for Abraham from these rocks.

Luke 13:25

When the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you can stand outside and knock on the door and say, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’

Luke 13:26

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

Luke 14:9

The host, who invited both of you, will come to you and say, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then you will be embarrassed and will have to move to the last place.

Luke 19:40

But Jesus answered, “I tell you, if my followers didn’t say these things, then the stones would cry out.”

Luke 19:9

Jesus said to him, “Salvation has come to this house today, because this man also belongs to the family of Abraham.

Luke 5:21

The Jewish teachers of the law and the Pharisees thought to themselves, “Who is this man who is speaking as if he were God? Only God can forgive sins.”

John 8:33

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

John 8:39

They answered, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said, “If you were really Abraham’s children, you would do the things Abraham did.

Acts 26:20

I began telling people that they should change their hearts and lives and turn to God and do things to show they really had changed. I told this first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem, and in every part of Judea, and also to the other people.

Romans 4:16

So people receive God’s promise by having faith. This happens so the promise can be a free gift. Then all of Abraham’s children can have that promise. It is not only for those who live under the law of Moses but for anyone who lives with faith like that of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

Romans 9:7

and only some of Abraham’s descendants are true children of Abraham. But God said to Abraham: “The descendants I promised you will be from Isaac.”

Philippians 1:11

that you will be filled with the good things produced in your life by Christ to bring glory and praise to God.