⁸ Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’^(A) for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

³³ “We are descendants^[a] of Abraham,”^(A) they answered Him, “and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will become free’?”

³⁹ “Our father is Abraham!” they replied.

“If you were Abraham’s children,” Jesus told them, “you would do what Abraham did.^(A)

²⁶ “Brothers, sons of Abraham’s race, and those among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.^(A)

Abraham Justified by Faith

4 What then can we say that Abraham, our physical ancestor,^[a](A) has found?