Luke 3:8 Cross References

Luke 3:8

8: Prove by the way you live that you have really turned from your sins and turned to God. Don't just say, 'We're safe--we're the descendants of Abraham.' That proves nothing. God can change these stones here into children of Abraham.

Acts 26:20

  1. I preached first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that all must turn from their sins and turn to God--and prove they have changed by the good things they do.

Ezekiel 18:27

  1. And if wicked people turn away from their wickedness, obey the law, and do what is just and right, they will save their lives.
  2. They will live, because after thinking it over, they decided to turn from their sins. Such people will not die.
  3. And yet the people of Israel keep saying, `The Lord is unjust!' O people of Israel, it is you who are unjust, not I.
  4. "Therefore, I will judge each of you, O people of Israel, according to your actions, says the Sovereign LORD. Turn from your sins! Don't let them destroy you!
  5. Put all your rebellion behind you, and get for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel?

Isaiah 1:16

  1. Wash yourselves and be clean! Let me no longer see your evil deeds. Give up your wicked ways.
  2. Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the orphan. Fight for the rights of widows.
  3. "Come now, let us argue this out," says the LORD. "No matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can remove it. I can make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I can make you as white as wool.

Matthew 21:43

  1. What I mean is that the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation that will produce the proper fruit.

Philippians 1:11

  1. May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation--those good things that are produced in your life by Jesus Christ--for this will bring much glory and praise to God.

Galatians 5:22

  1. But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  2. gentleness, and self-control. Here there is no conflict with the law.
  3. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.

Hebrews 6:7

  1. When the ground soaks up the rain that falls on it and bears a good crop for the farmer, it has the blessing of God.
  2. But if a field bears thistles and thorns, it is useless. The farmer will condemn that field and burn it.

John 8:33

  1. "But we are descendants of Abraham," they said. "We have never been slaves to anyone on earth. What do you mean, 'set free'?"

Luke 19:40

  1. He replied, "If they kept quiet, the stones along the road would burst into cheers!"

Joshua 4:3

  1. Tell the men to take twelve stones from where the priests are standing in the middle of the Jordan and pile them up at the place where you camp tonight."
  2. So Joshua called together the twelve men
  3. and told them, "Go into the middle of the Jordan, in front of the Ark of the LORD your God. Each of you must pick up one stone and carry it out on your shoulder--twelve stones in all, one for each of the twelve tribes.
  4. We will use these stones to build a memorial. In the future, your children will ask, `What do these stones mean to you?'
  5. Then you can tell them, `They remind us that the Jordan River stopped flowing when the Ark of the LORD's covenant went across.' These stones will stand as a permanent memorial among the people of Israel."

Romans 4:16

  1. So that's why faith is the key! God's promise is given to us as a free gift. And we are certain to receive it, whether or not we follow Jewish customs, if we have faith like Abraham's. For Abraham is the father of all who believe.

John 8:39

  1. "Our father is Abraham," they declared. "No," Jesus replied, "for if you were children of Abraham, you would follow his good example.

Luke 16:23

  1. and his soul went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Lazarus in the far distance with Abraham.
  2. "The rich man shouted, 'Father Abraham, have some pity! Send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in these flames.'
  3. "But Abraham said to him, 'Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish.
  4. And besides, there is a great chasm separating us. Anyone who wanted to cross over to you from here is stopped at its edge, and no one there can cross over to us.'
  5. "Then the rich man said, 'Please, Father Abraham, send him to my father's home.

Romans 9:7

  1. Just the fact that they are descendants of Abraham doesn't make them truly Abraham's children. For the Scriptures say, "Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted," though Abraham had other children, too.

Jeremiah 7:4

  1. But do not be fooled by those who repeatedly promise your safety because the Temple of the LORD is here.
  2. I will be merciful only if you stop your wicked thoughts and deeds and are fair to others;
  3. and if you stop exploiting foreigners, orphans, and widows; and if you stop your murdering; and if you stop worshiping idols as you now do to your own harm.
  4. Then I will let you stay in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever.
  5. " `Do you think that because the Temple is here you will never suffer? Don't fool yourselves!

Isaiah 48:1

  1. "Listen to me, O family of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel and born into the family of Judah. Listen, you who take oaths in the name of the LORD and call on the God of Israel. You don't follow through on any of your promises,
  2. even though you call yourself the holy city and talk about depending on the God of Israel, whose name is the LORD Almighty.

Matthew 8:11

  1. And I tell you this, that many Gentiles will come from all over the world and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of Heaven.
  2. But many Israelites--those for whom the Kingdom was prepared--will be cast into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Luke 13:28

  1. "And there will be great weeping and gnashing of teeth, for you will see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets within the Kingdom of God, but you will be thrown out.
  2. Then people will come from all over the world to take their places in the Kingdom of God.

2 Corinthians 7:10

  1. For God can use sorrow in our lives to help us turn away from sin and seek salvation. We will never regret that kind of sorrow. But sorrow without repentance is the kind that results in death.
  2. Just see what this godly sorrow produced in you! Such earnestness, such concern to clear yourselves, such indignation, such alarm, such longing to see me, such zeal, and such a readiness to punish the wrongdoer. You showed that you have done everything you could to make things right.

Galatians 3:28

  1. There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female. For you are all Christians--you are one in Christ Jesus.
  2. And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and now all the promises God gave to him belong to you.
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