Luke 3:8

So, make worthwhile fruit of{the change-of-mind/thinking}, and you-should_not_initiate to-be-saying in to{sameselves}, 'We-are-having the father Abraham,' for I-am-saying to{you} that the God is-being-enabled to-rouse offsprings to{the Abraham} out of{the stones, the-same}.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin 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.

In Context

7So, he-has-been-saying to{the crowds being-gone-out} to-be-immersed under of{same}, "Beget-effects of{vipers}, who[?] shows-under to{you} to-flee from of{the about-to-be-being wrath}[?]

9Moreover, already also the axe is-being-lain toward the root of{the trees}; so, every tree not making good fruit is-being-cut-out and is-being-cast into fire,"

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Cross References

Matthew 8:11Moreover, I-am-saying to{you} that many from of{risings/[east]} and of{settings/[west]} will-arrive and will-be-reclined alongside Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in to{the kingdom} of{the heavens}.

Luke 13:28There will-be the weeping[noun] and the gnashing[noun] of{the teeth} when-supposing you-may-see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in to{the kingdom} of{the God}; moreover, you being-cast-out outside,

Luke 19:40and, respond[ing], he-says to{same}, "I-am-saying to{you} that if-supposing the-same may-be-silent, the stones will-cry-out,"

Matthew Henry on Luke 3:2-15

Ministry of John the Baptist. 1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; 4 As it is… Read the whole commentary →

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