Matthew 3:9 不要自己心里说：‘有亚伯拉罕为我们的祖宗。’我告诉你们，　神能从这些石头中给亚伯拉罕兴起子孙来。

3:9 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 不要自己心里说：‘有亚伯拉罕为我们的祖宗。’我告诉你们，　神能从这些石头中给亚伯拉罕兴起子孙来。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 不要自己心里说：‘我们有亚伯拉罕为祖宗。’我告诉你们，上帝能从这些石头中给亚伯拉罕兴起子孙来。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 不要自己心里说：‘我们有亚伯拉罕为祖宗。’我告诉你们，　神能从这些石头中给亚伯拉罕兴起子孙来。
当代译本 - 不要心里说，‘我们是亚伯拉罕的子孙。’我告诉你们，上帝可以从这些石头中兴起亚伯拉罕的子孙。
圣经新译本 - 你们心里不要以为：‘我们有亚伯拉罕作我们的祖宗。’我告诉你们，　神能从这些石头中给亚伯拉罕兴起后裔来。
中文标准译本 - 你们不要心里想‘我们有亚伯拉罕为先祖。’我告诉你们：神能从这些石头中给亚伯拉罕兴起儿女来。
现代标点和合本 - 不要自己心里说：‘有亚伯拉罕为我们的祖宗。’我告诉你们，神能从这些石头中给亚伯拉罕兴起子孙来。
和合本（拼音版） - 不要自己心里说：‘有亚伯拉罕为我们的祖宗。’我告诉你们：上帝能从这些石头中给亚伯拉罕兴起子孙来。
New International Version - And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
New International Reader's Version - Don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘Abraham is our father.’ I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham even from these stones.
English Standard Version - And do not presume 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 Living Translation - Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones.
Christian Standard Bible - And don’t presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.
New American Standard Bible - and do not assume that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I tell you that God is able, from these stones, to raise up children for Abraham.
New King James Version - and do not think 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.
Amplified Bible - and do not presume to say to yourselves [as a defense], ‘We have Abraham for our father [so our inheritance assures us of salvation]’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children (descendants) for Abraham.
American Standard Version - 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.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - and don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
World English Bible - Don’t think to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
新標點和合本 - 不要自己心裏說：『有亞伯拉罕為我們的祖宗。』我告訴你們，神能從這些石頭中給亞伯拉罕興起子孫來。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 不要自己心裏說：『我們有亞伯拉罕為祖宗。』我告訴你們，上帝能從這些石頭中給亞伯拉罕興起子孫來。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 不要自己心裏說：『我們有亞伯拉罕為祖宗。』我告訴你們，　神能從這些石頭中給亞伯拉罕興起子孫來。
當代譯本 - 不要心裡說，『我們是亞伯拉罕的子孫。』我告訴你們，上帝可以從這些石頭中興起亞伯拉罕的子孫。
聖經新譯本 - 你們心裡不要以為：‘我們有亞伯拉罕作我們的祖宗。’我告訴你們，　神能從這些石頭中給亞伯拉罕興起後裔來。
呂振中譯本 - 不要自己心裏想着說：「我們有亞伯拉罕是我們的祖宗。」我告訴你們，上帝能從這些石頭中給亞伯拉罕興起子孫來！
中文標準譯本 - 你們不要心裡想『我們有亞伯拉罕為先祖。』我告訴你們：神能從這些石頭中給亞伯拉罕興起兒女來。
現代標點和合本 - 不要自己心裡說：『有亞伯拉罕為我們的祖宗。』我告訴你們，神能從這些石頭中給亞伯拉罕興起子孫來。
文理和合譯本 - 勿自謂、我有亞伯拉罕為父也、我語汝、上帝能由此石興起亞伯拉罕之子孫焉、
文理委辦譯本 - 勿自以為亞伯拉罕吾祖也、吾語爾、上帝能使此石為亞伯拉罕子孫焉、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 毋心中自矜曰、亞伯拉罕吾祖也、吾語爾、天主能使此石為亞伯拉罕之子孫焉、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 毋思吾輩有亞伯漢為我祖先；蓋吾語爾、天主全能、即欲化此頑石為亞伯漢之子孫、亦易如反掌耳。
Nueva Versión Internacional - No piensen que podrán alegar: “Tenemos a Abraham por padre”. Porque les digo que aun de estas piedras Dios es capaz de darle hijos a Abraham.
현대인의 성경 - 그리고 속으로나마 ‘아브라함이 우리 조상이다’ 라고 말할 생각은 아예 하지 말아라. 하나님께서는 이 돌들을 가지고도 아브라함의 후손이 되게 하실 수 있다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Не думайте говорить в себе: «Наш отец Авраам!» Говорю вам, что Бог может и из этих камней сотворить детей Аврааму.
Восточный перевод - Не думайте, что вы избежите наказания только потому, что вы «дети Ибрахима». Говорю вам, что Всевышний может и из этих камней сотворить детей Ибрахиму.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Не думайте, что вы избежите наказания только потому, что вы «дети Ибрахима». Говорю вам, что Аллах может и из этих камней сотворить детей Ибрахиму.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Не думайте, что вы избежите наказания только потому, что вы «дети Иброхима». Говорю вам, что Всевышний может и из этих камней сотворить детей Иброхиму.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ne vous imaginez pas qu’il vous suffit de répéter en vous-mêmes : « Nous sommes les descendants d’Abraham ! » Car, regardez ces pierres : je vous déclare que Dieu peut en faire des enfants d’Abraham.
リビングバイブル - 『私はユダヤ人だから、アブラハムの子孫だから大丈夫』などと思ってはいけない。そんなことは何の役にも立たない。神はこんな石ころからでも、今すぐアブラハムの子孫をお造りになれるのだ。
Nestle Aland 28 - καὶ μὴ δόξητε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς· πατέρα ἔχομεν τὸν Ἀβραάμ. λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι δύναται ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τῶν λίθων τούτων ἐγεῖραι τέκνα τῷ Ἀβραάμ.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - καὶ μὴ δόξητε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, πατέρα ἔχομεν τὸν Ἀβραάμ; λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν, ὅτι δύναται ὁ Θεὸς ἐκ τῶν λίθων τούτων ἐγεῖραι τέκνα τῷ Ἀβραάμ.
Nova Versão Internacional - Não pensem que vocês podem dizer a si mesmos: ‘Abraão é nosso pai’. Pois eu digo que destas pedras Deus pode fazer surgir filhos a Abraão.
Hoffnung für alle - Bildet euch nur nicht ein, ihr könntet euch damit herausreden: ›Abraham ist unser Vater!‹ Ich sage euch: Gott kann selbst aus diesen Steinen hier Nachkommen für Abraham hervorbringen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đừng tưởng mình là dòng dõi Áp-ra-ham thì Đức Chúa Trời sẽ dung tha! Vì Đức Chúa Trời có quyền biến những hòn đá này thành con cháu Áp-ra-ham!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - และอย่านึกในใจว่า ‘เรามีอับราฮัมเป็นบรรพบุรุษของเรา’ เราบอกท่านว่าพระเจ้าทรงสามารถทำให้ลูกหลานของอับราฮัมเกิดจากก้อนหินเหล่านี้ได้
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และอย่าคิดว่าท่านพูดต่อกันไปได้ว่า ‘เรามีอับราฮัมเป็นบิดาของเรา’ ข้าพเจ้าขอบอกท่านว่า พระเจ้าสามารถทำให้หินพวกนี้กลายเป็นลูกๆ ของอับราฮัมก็ได้

交叉引用

Luke 19:40 - But he said, “If they kept quiet, the stones would do it for them, shouting praise.”
Romans 4:12 - And it means further that Abraham is father of all people who embrace what God does for them while they are still on the “outs” with God, as yet unidentified as God’s, in an “uncircumcised” condition. It is precisely these people in this condition who are called “set right by God and with God”! Abraham is also, of course, father of those who have undergone the religious rite of circumcision not just because of the ritual but because they were willing to live in the risky faith-embrace of God’s action for them, the way Abraham lived long before he was marked by circumcision.
Romans 4:13 - That famous promise God gave Abraham—that he and his children would possess the earth—was not given because of something Abraham did or would do. It was based on God’s decision to put everything together for him, which Abraham then entered when he believed. If those who get what God gives them only get it by doing everything they are told to do and filling out all the right forms properly signed, that eliminates personal trust completely and turns the promise into an ironclad contract! That’s not a holy promise; that’s a business deal. A contract drawn up by a hard-nosed lawyer and with plenty of fine print only makes sure that you will never be able to collect. But if there is no contract in the first place, simply a promise—and God’s promise at that—you can’t break it.
Romans 4:16 - This is why the fulfillment of God’s promise depends entirely on trusting God and his way, and then simply embracing him and what he does. God’s promise arrives as pure gift. That’s the only way everyone can be sure to get in on it, those who keep the religious traditions and those who have never heard of them. For Abraham is father of us all. He is not our racial father—that’s reading the story backward. He is our faith father.
Romans 4:17 - We call Abraham “father” not because he got God’s attention by living like a saint, but because God made something out of Abraham when he was a nobody. Isn’t that what we’ve always read in Scripture, God saying to Abraham, “I set you up as father of many peoples”? Abraham was first named “father” and then became a father because he dared to trust God to do what only God could do: raise the dead to life, with a word make something out of nothing. When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn’t do but on what God said he would do. And so he was made father of a multitude of peoples. God himself said to him, “You’re going to have a big family, Abraham!”
Luke 5:22 - Jesus knew exactly what they were thinking and said, “Why all this gossipy whispering? Which is simpler: to say ‘I forgive your sins,’ or to say ‘Get up and start walking’? Well, just so it’s clear that I’m the Son of Man and authorized to do either, or both. . . .” He now spoke directly to the paraplegic: “Get up. Take your bedroll and go home.” Without a moment’s hesitation, he did it—got up, took his blanket, and left for home, giving glory to God all the way. The people rubbed their eyes, stunned—and then also gave glory to God. Awestruck, they said, “We’ve never seen anything like that!”
John 8:39 - They were indignant. “Our father is Abraham!” Jesus said, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would have been doing the things Abraham did. And yet here you are trying to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the truth he got straight from God! Abraham never did that sort of thing. You persist in repeating the works of your father.” They said, “We’re not bastards. We have a legitimate father: the one and only God.”
Romans 4:1 - So how do we fit what we know of Abraham, our first father in the faith, into this new way of looking at things? If Abraham, by what he did for God, got God to approve him, he could certainly have taken credit for it. But the story we’re given is a God-story, not an Abraham-story. What we read in Scripture is, “Abraham entered into what God was doing for him, and that was the turning point. He trusted God to set him right instead of trying to be right on his own.”
John 8:33 - Surprised, they said, “But we’re descendants of Abraham. We’ve never been slaves to anyone. How can you say, ‘The truth will free you’?”
Acts 13:26 - “Dear brothers and sisters, children of Abraham, and friends of God, this message of salvation has been precisely targeted to you. The citizens and rulers in Jerusalem didn’t recognize who he was and condemned him to death. They couldn’t find a good reason, but demanded that Pilate execute him anyway. They did just what the prophets said they would do, but had no idea they were following to the letter the script of the prophets, even though those same prophets are read every Sabbath in their meeting places.
Galatians 3:28 - In Christ’s family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. Among us you are all equal. That is, we are all in a common relationship with Jesus Christ. Also, since you are Christ’s family, then you are Abraham’s famous “descendant,” heirs according to the covenant promises.

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 不要自己心里说：‘有亚伯拉罕为我们的祖宗。’我告诉你们，　神能从这些石头中给亚伯拉罕兴起子孙来。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 不要自己心里说：‘我们有亚伯拉罕为祖宗。’我告诉你们，上帝能从这些石头中给亚伯拉罕兴起子孙来。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 不要自己心里说：‘我们有亚伯拉罕为祖宗。’我告诉你们，　神能从这些石头中给亚伯拉罕兴起子孙来。
当代译本 - 不要心里说，‘我们是亚伯拉罕的子孙。’我告诉你们，上帝可以从这些石头中兴起亚伯拉罕的子孙。
圣经新译本 - 你们心里不要以为：‘我们有亚伯拉罕作我们的祖宗。’我告诉你们，　神能从这些石头中给亚伯拉罕兴起后裔来。
中文标准译本 - 你们不要心里想‘我们有亚伯拉罕为先祖。’我告诉你们：神能从这些石头中给亚伯拉罕兴起儿女来。
现代标点和合本 - 不要自己心里说：‘有亚伯拉罕为我们的祖宗。’我告诉你们，神能从这些石头中给亚伯拉罕兴起子孙来。
和合本（拼音版） - 不要自己心里说：‘有亚伯拉罕为我们的祖宗。’我告诉你们：上帝能从这些石头中给亚伯拉罕兴起子孙来。
New International Version - And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
New International Reader's Version - Don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘Abraham is our father.’ I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham even from these stones.
English Standard Version - And do not presume 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 Living Translation - Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones.
Christian Standard Bible - And don’t presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.
New American Standard Bible - and do not assume that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I tell you that God is able, from these stones, to raise up children for Abraham.
New King James Version - and do not think 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.
Amplified Bible - and do not presume to say to yourselves [as a defense], ‘We have Abraham for our father [so our inheritance assures us of salvation]’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children (descendants) for Abraham.
American Standard Version - 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.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - and don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
World English Bible - Don’t think to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
新標點和合本 - 不要自己心裏說：『有亞伯拉罕為我們的祖宗。』我告訴你們，神能從這些石頭中給亞伯拉罕興起子孫來。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 不要自己心裏說：『我們有亞伯拉罕為祖宗。』我告訴你們，上帝能從這些石頭中給亞伯拉罕興起子孫來。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 不要自己心裏說：『我們有亞伯拉罕為祖宗。』我告訴你們，　神能從這些石頭中給亞伯拉罕興起子孫來。
當代譯本 - 不要心裡說，『我們是亞伯拉罕的子孫。』我告訴你們，上帝可以從這些石頭中興起亞伯拉罕的子孫。
聖經新譯本 - 你們心裡不要以為：‘我們有亞伯拉罕作我們的祖宗。’我告訴你們，　神能從這些石頭中給亞伯拉罕興起後裔來。
呂振中譯本 - 不要自己心裏想着說：「我們有亞伯拉罕是我們的祖宗。」我告訴你們，上帝能從這些石頭中給亞伯拉罕興起子孫來！
中文標準譯本 - 你們不要心裡想『我們有亞伯拉罕為先祖。』我告訴你們：神能從這些石頭中給亞伯拉罕興起兒女來。
現代標點和合本 - 不要自己心裡說：『有亞伯拉罕為我們的祖宗。』我告訴你們，神能從這些石頭中給亞伯拉罕興起子孫來。
文理和合譯本 - 勿自謂、我有亞伯拉罕為父也、我語汝、上帝能由此石興起亞伯拉罕之子孫焉、
文理委辦譯本 - 勿自以為亞伯拉罕吾祖也、吾語爾、上帝能使此石為亞伯拉罕子孫焉、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 毋心中自矜曰、亞伯拉罕吾祖也、吾語爾、天主能使此石為亞伯拉罕之子孫焉、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 毋思吾輩有亞伯漢為我祖先；蓋吾語爾、天主全能、即欲化此頑石為亞伯漢之子孫、亦易如反掌耳。
Nueva Versión Internacional - No piensen que podrán alegar: “Tenemos a Abraham por padre”. Porque les digo que aun de estas piedras Dios es capaz de darle hijos a Abraham.
현대인의 성경 - 그리고 속으로나마 ‘아브라함이 우리 조상이다’ 라고 말할 생각은 아예 하지 말아라. 하나님께서는 이 돌들을 가지고도 아브라함의 후손이 되게 하실 수 있다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Не думайте говорить в себе: «Наш отец Авраам!» Говорю вам, что Бог может и из этих камней сотворить детей Аврааму.
Восточный перевод - Не думайте, что вы избежите наказания только потому, что вы «дети Ибрахима». Говорю вам, что Всевышний может и из этих камней сотворить детей Ибрахиму.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Не думайте, что вы избежите наказания только потому, что вы «дети Ибрахима». Говорю вам, что Аллах может и из этих камней сотворить детей Ибрахиму.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Не думайте, что вы избежите наказания только потому, что вы «дети Иброхима». Говорю вам, что Всевышний может и из этих камней сотворить детей Иброхиму.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ne vous imaginez pas qu’il vous suffit de répéter en vous-mêmes : « Nous sommes les descendants d’Abraham ! » Car, regardez ces pierres : je vous déclare que Dieu peut en faire des enfants d’Abraham.
リビングバイブル - 『私はユダヤ人だから、アブラハムの子孫だから大丈夫』などと思ってはいけない。そんなことは何の役にも立たない。神はこんな石ころからでも、今すぐアブラハムの子孫をお造りになれるのだ。
Nestle Aland 28 - καὶ μὴ δόξητε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς· πατέρα ἔχομεν τὸν Ἀβραάμ. λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι δύναται ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τῶν λίθων τούτων ἐγεῖραι τέκνα τῷ Ἀβραάμ.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - καὶ μὴ δόξητε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, πατέρα ἔχομεν τὸν Ἀβραάμ; λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν, ὅτι δύναται ὁ Θεὸς ἐκ τῶν λίθων τούτων ἐγεῖραι τέκνα τῷ Ἀβραάμ.
Nova Versão Internacional - Não pensem que vocês podem dizer a si mesmos: ‘Abraão é nosso pai’. Pois eu digo que destas pedras Deus pode fazer surgir filhos a Abraão.
Hoffnung für alle - Bildet euch nur nicht ein, ihr könntet euch damit herausreden: ›Abraham ist unser Vater!‹ Ich sage euch: Gott kann selbst aus diesen Steinen hier Nachkommen für Abraham hervorbringen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đừng tưởng mình là dòng dõi Áp-ra-ham thì Đức Chúa Trời sẽ dung tha! Vì Đức Chúa Trời có quyền biến những hòn đá này thành con cháu Áp-ra-ham!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - และอย่านึกในใจว่า ‘เรามีอับราฮัมเป็นบรรพบุรุษของเรา’ เราบอกท่านว่าพระเจ้าทรงสามารถทำให้ลูกหลานของอับราฮัมเกิดจากก้อนหินเหล่านี้ได้
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และอย่าคิดว่าท่านพูดต่อกันไปได้ว่า ‘เรามีอับราฮัมเป็นบิดาของเรา’ ข้าพเจ้าขอบอกท่านว่า พระเจ้าสามารถทำให้หินพวกนี้กลายเป็นลูกๆ ของอับราฮัมก็ได้

Luke 19:40 - But he said, “If they kept quiet, the stones would do it for them, shouting praise.”
Romans 4:12 - And it means further that Abraham is father of all people who embrace what God does for them while they are still on the “outs” with God, as yet unidentified as God’s, in an “uncircumcised” condition. It is precisely these people in this condition who are called “set right by God and with God”! Abraham is also, of course, father of those who have undergone the religious rite of circumcision not just because of the ritual but because they were willing to live in the risky faith-embrace of God’s action for them, the way Abraham lived long before he was marked by circumcision.
Romans 4:13 - That famous promise God gave Abraham—that he and his children would possess the earth—was not given because of something Abraham did or would do. It was based on God’s decision to put everything together for him, which Abraham then entered when he believed. If those who get what God gives them only get it by doing everything they are told to do and filling out all the right forms properly signed, that eliminates personal trust completely and turns the promise into an ironclad contract! That’s not a holy promise; that’s a business deal. A contract drawn up by a hard-nosed lawyer and with plenty of fine print only makes sure that you will never be able to collect. But if there is no contract in the first place, simply a promise—and God’s promise at that—you can’t break it.
Romans 4:16 - This is why the fulfillment of God’s promise depends entirely on trusting God and his way, and then simply embracing him and what he does. God’s promise arrives as pure gift. That’s the only way everyone can be sure to get in on it, those who keep the religious traditions and those who have never heard of them. For Abraham is father of us all. He is not our racial father—that’s reading the story backward. He is our faith father.
Romans 4:17 - We call Abraham “father” not because he got God’s attention by living like a saint, but because God made something out of Abraham when he was a nobody. Isn’t that what we’ve always read in Scripture, God saying to Abraham, “I set you up as father of many peoples”? Abraham was first named “father” and then became a father because he dared to trust God to do what only God could do: raise the dead to life, with a word make something out of nothing. When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn’t do but on what God said he would do. And so he was made father of a multitude of peoples. God himself said to him, “You’re going to have a big family, Abraham!”
Luke 5:22 - Jesus knew exactly what they were thinking and said, “Why all this gossipy whispering? Which is simpler: to say ‘I forgive your sins,’ or to say ‘Get up and start walking’? Well, just so it’s clear that I’m the Son of Man and authorized to do either, or both. . . .” He now spoke directly to the paraplegic: “Get up. Take your bedroll and go home.” Without a moment’s hesitation, he did it—got up, took his blanket, and left for home, giving glory to God all the way. The people rubbed their eyes, stunned—and then also gave glory to God. Awestruck, they said, “We’ve never seen anything like that!”
John 8:39 - They were indignant. “Our father is Abraham!” Jesus said, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would have been doing the things Abraham did. And yet here you are trying to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the truth he got straight from God! Abraham never did that sort of thing. You persist in repeating the works of your father.” They said, “We’re not bastards. We have a legitimate father: the one and only God.”
Romans 4:1 - So how do we fit what we know of Abraham, our first father in the faith, into this new way of looking at things? If Abraham, by what he did for God, got God to approve him, he could certainly have taken credit for it. But the story we’re given is a God-story, not an Abraham-story. What we read in Scripture is, “Abraham entered into what God was doing for him, and that was the turning point. He trusted God to set him right instead of trying to be right on his own.”
John 8:33 - Surprised, they said, “But we’re descendants of Abraham. We’ve never been slaves to anyone. How can you say, ‘The truth will free you’?”
Acts 13:26 - “Dear brothers and sisters, children of Abraham, and friends of God, this message of salvation has been precisely targeted to you. The citizens and rulers in Jerusalem didn’t recognize who he was and condemned him to death. They couldn’t find a good reason, but demanded that Pilate execute him anyway. They did just what the prophets said they would do, but had no idea they were following to the letter the script of the prophets, even though those same prophets are read every Sabbath in their meeting places.
Galatians 3:28 - In Christ’s family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. Among us you are all equal. That is, we are all in a common relationship with Jesus Christ. Also, since you are Christ’s family, then you are Abraham’s famous “descendant,” heirs according to the covenant promises.