Matthew 3:9

John warns that descent from Abraham cannot save; God can raise children to Abraham from stones. Heritage is no substitute for faith and repentance.

Cross-references · 21

• Luke 3:8Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
• Rom 9:7–8Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
• Gal 3:27–29For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
• John 8:33“We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”
• Gal 4:22–31For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
• Acts 13:26Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
• Rom 4:1What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has discovered?
• Luke 16:24So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’
• Luke 5:22Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?
• Matt 8:11–12I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
• Mark 7:21For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
• Ezek 33:24“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’
• John 8:39–40“Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.
• John 8:53Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?”
• Rom 4:11–17And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
• Luke 7:39When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she is a sinner!”
• Luke 19:40“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
• 1 Cor 1:27–28But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
• Acts 15:14Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.
• Eph 2:12–13remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
• Luke 12:17So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’

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