Matthew 3:9
Greek Text— Matthew 3:9Don’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.
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And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.
and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.
Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,
But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”
and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
“Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me?
“Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you.
‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’
of which I was made a servant according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you for all your days.
Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.
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God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that don’t exist, that he might bring to nothing the things that exist,
Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.
The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,
If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “Yahweh is able to give you much more than this.”
For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.
For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.
Didn’t you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the offspring of Abraham your friend forever?
When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?”
The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.
So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.
This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord Yahweh; but you have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come; and this among men, Lord Yahweh!
for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, I blessed him, and made him many.
“Don’t be afraid, for you will not be ashamed. Don’t be confounded, for you will not be disappointed. For you will forget the shame of your youth. You will remember the reproach of your widowhood no more.
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.
who say, ‘Stay by yourself, don’t come near to me, for I am holier than you.’ These are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day.
The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
“You shall tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will fall by the sword. I will give he who is in the open field to the animals to be devoured; and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of the pestilence.
Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”
“He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’
Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his children and his livestock?”
It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when he still had no child.
a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.
but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;
Know therefore that those who are of faith are children of Abraham.
concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.
Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all Yahweh’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”
Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.
Remember these things, Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
Now when all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, women, children, and of the poorest of the land, of those who were not carried away captive to Babylon;
“Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, the men of your relatives, and all the house of Israel, all of them, are they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far away from Yahweh. This land has been given to us for a possession.’ ”
Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!
The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”
At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?”
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it, and was glad.”
Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.
Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.
“Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”
For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,
In that day you will not be disappointed for all your doings, in which you have transgressed against me; for then I will take away out from among you your proudly exulting ones, and you will no more be arrogant in my holy mountain.
Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance, and don’t begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father;’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!
He cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.’
They answered him, “We are Abraham’s offspring, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, ‘You will be made free’?”
They answered him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.
Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?”
What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?
As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son.”
Behold, this is the joy of his way: out of the earth, others will spring.
Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.
My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,
The children of your bereavement will say in your ears, ‘This place is too small for me. Give me a place to live in.’
It will come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days,” says Yahweh, “they will no longer say, ‘the ark of Yahweh’s covenant!’ It will not come to mind. They won’t remember it. They won’t miss it, nor will another be made.
“ ‘ “But you trusted in your beauty, and played the prostitute because of your renown, and poured out your prostitution on everyone who passed by. It was his.
“Son of man, those who inhabit the waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, ‘Abraham was one, and he inherited the land; but we are many. The land is given us for inheritance.’
Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.”
Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, “Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?
Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”
He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”
who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations to take out of them a people for his name.
Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, rest on the law, glory in God,
He is the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the offspring of Abraham? So am I.
Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’