Matthew 3:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Matthew 3:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Matthew 3:9 in 6 Bible Translations

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Matthew 3:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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.”

Matthew 3:9 — World English Bible

Matthew 3:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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.”

Matthew 3:9 — American Standard Version

Matthew 3:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have--Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,”

Matthew 3:9 — Young's Literal Translation

Matthew 3:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And do not think to say within 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.”

Matthew 3:9 — Darby Translation

Matthew 3:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And thinke not to say with your selues, We haue Abraham to our father: for I say vnto you, that God is able euen of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham.”

Matthew 3:9 — Geneva Bible

Matthew 3:9 in Context — Matthew 3

7 Y viendo él muchos de los Fariseos y de los Saduceos, que venían á su bautismo, decíales: Generación de víboras, ¿quién os ha enseñado á huir de la ira que vendrá?

8 Haced pues frutos dignos de arrepentimiento,

9 Y no penséis decir dentro de vosotros: A Abraham tenemos por padre: porque yo os digo, que puede Dios despertar hijos á Abraham aun de estas piedras.

10 Ahora, ya también la segur está puesta á la raíz de los árboles; y todo árbol que no hace buen fruto, es cortado y echado en el fuego.

11 Yo á la verdad os bautizo en agua para arrepentimiento; mas el que viene tras mí, más poderoso es que yo; los zapatos del cual yo no soy digno de llevar; él os bautizará en Espíritu Santo y [en] fuego.

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What Does Matthew 3:9 Mean?

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