Matthew 3:9
And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.
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8Let your change of heart be seen in your works:
Cross References
Matthew 8:11And I say to you that numbers will come from the east and the west, and will take their seats with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:
Luke 3:8Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham.
Luke 7:39Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner.
Luke 16:24And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.
John 8:33They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free?
John 8:53Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: who do you say that you are?
Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:8-13
The Preaching of John the Baptist. 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not… Read the whole commentary →