John 8:39

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did,

Cross References

Matthew 3:9

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

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

John 8:33

They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham, and have never been in bondage to any one. How is it that you say, ‘You will be made free’?”

John 8:37

I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.

John 8:43

Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

John 8:56

Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; he saw it and was glad.”

Romans 4:12

and likewise the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but also follow the example of the faith which our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

Romans 4:16

That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants—not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, for he is the father of us all,

Romans 9:7

and not all are children of Abraham because they are his descendants; but “Through Isaac shall your descendants be named.”

Galatians 3:29

And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.

Galatians 3:7

So you see that it is men of faith who are the sons of Abraham.