Luke 3:8

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.

Bring forth {G4160} therefore {G3767} fruits {G2590} worthy {G514} of repentance {G3341}, and {G2532} begin {G756} not {G3361} to say {G3004} within {G1722} yourselves {G1438}, We have {G2192} Abraham {G11} to our father {G3962}: for {G1063} I say {G3004} unto you {G5213}, That {G3754} God {G2316} is able {G1410} of {G1537} these {G5130} stones {G3037} to raise up {G1453} children {G5043} unto Abraham {G11}.

If you have really turned from your sins, produce fruit that will prove it! And don't start saying to yourselves, `Avraham is our father'! For I tell you that God can raise up for Avraham sons from these stones!

Produce 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.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Acts 26:20 (11 votes)

    But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and [then] to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

  • Ezekiel 18:27 (11 votes)

    Again, when the wicked [man] turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

  • Ezekiel 18:31 (11 votes)

    Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

  • Galatians 5:22 (8 votes)

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

  • Galatians 5:24 (8 votes)

    And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

  • Isaiah 1:16 (8 votes)

    ¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

  • Isaiah 1:18 (8 votes)

    Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.