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Luke 3:8
8Produce therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father, for I say unto you that 1God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
Luke 3:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Produce fruit 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
Context of Luke 3:8
6and all flesh shall see the salvation of God. 7He said therefore to the crowds which went out to be baptised by him, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father, for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. 9And already also the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into [the] fire. 10And the crowds asked him saying, What should we do then?
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ποιήσατε οὖν καρποὺς ἀξίους τῆς μετανοίας· καὶ μὴ ἄρξησθε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς· πατέρα ἔχομεν τὸν Ἀβραάμ. λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι δύναται ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τῶν λίθων τούτων ἐγεῖραι τέκνα τῷ Ἀβραάμ.Read the interlinear
- Produceποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
- thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
- fruitsκαρπόςkarpos · fruitG2590
- worthyἄξιοςaxios · worthyG514
- repentanceμετάνοιαmetanoia · repentanceG3341
- beginἄρχωarchō · be firstG757
- sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- AbrahamἈβραάμAbraam · AbrahamG11
- fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- ableδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
- stonesλίθοςlithos · stoneG3037
- raiseἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
- childrenτέκνονteknon · childG5043
Cross-references for Luke 3:8
- Isaiah 1:16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; — cease to do evil,
- Ezekiel 18:27And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness which he hath committed, and doeth judgment and justice, he shall keep his soul alive.
- Acts 26:20but have, first to those both in Damascus and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judaea, and to the nations, announced that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
- 2 Corinthians 7:10For grief according to God works repentance to salvation, never to be regretted; but the grief of the world works death.
- Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,
- Philippians 1:11being complete as regards the fruit of righteousness, which [is] by Jesus Christ, to God's glory and praise.
- Hebrews 6:7For ground which drinks the rain which comes often upon it, and produces useful herbs for those for whose sakes also it is tilled, partakes of blessing from God;
- Luke 13:28There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves cast out.
- Luke 16:23And in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
- Isaiah 48:1Hear ye this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, not in truth, nor in righteousness.
- Jeremiah 7:4Confide ye not in words of falsehood, saying, Jehovah's temple, Jehovah's temple, Jehovah's temple is this.
- John 8:33They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never been under bondage to any one; how sayest thou, Ye shall become free?
- Romans 4:16Therefore [it is] on the principle of faith, that [it might be] according to grace, in order to the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that only which [is] of the law, but to that also which [is] of Abraham's faith, who is father of us all,
- Romans 9:7nor because they are seed of Abraham [are] all children: but, In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.
- Luke 19:40And he answering said to them, I say unto you, If these shall be silent, the stones will cry out.
- Joshua 4:3and command them, saying, Take up hence out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place where ye shall lodge this night.
Commentaries on Luke 3:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-9Verses 3-9 On the baptism of John - see the notes at Matthew 3.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8We have Abraham as our father: Some Jews believed that being part of Abraham's family line guaranteed their salvation (see John 8:33–39; Acts 7:2; Romans 4:1). And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.': God chose the Israelites as his people, but he could reject them. If he wanted, he could create children of Abraham from these very stones (compare Hosea 1:3–9; Romans 9:6–8, 27–28; 11:17–21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-20(See on Mt 3:1-12; Mr 6:17, &c.). 1-2. Here the curtain of the New Testament is, as it were, drawn up, and the greatest of all epochs of the Church commences. Even our Lord's own age (Lu 3:23) is determined by it [Bengel]. No such elaborate chronological precision is to be found elsewhere in the New Testament, and it comes fitly from him who claims it as the peculiar recommendation of his Gospel, that he had "accurately traced down all things from the…Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
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- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
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- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
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- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
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