“ Our father is Abraham!” they declared.“ No,” Jesus replied,“ for if you were really the children of Abraham, you would follow his example.

他们说：“我们的父就是亚伯拉罕。”耶稣说：“你们若是亚伯拉罕的儿子，就必行亚伯拉罕所行的事。

他们回答耶稣：“我们的父是亚伯拉罕。”耶稣对他们说：“你们若是亚伯拉罕的儿女，就会做亚伯拉罕所做的事。

他们回答耶稣：“我们的父是亚伯拉罕。”耶稣对他们说：“你们若是亚伯拉罕的儿女，就会做亚伯拉罕所做的事。

他们说：“我们的父就是亚伯拉罕！”耶稣说：“你们如果真是亚伯拉罕的子孙，一定会做他所做的事。

他们说：“我们的祖宗是亚伯拉罕。”耶稣说：“你们若是亚伯拉罕的子孙，就必作亚伯拉罕所作的。

他们回答说：“亚伯拉罕是我们的父！”耶稣说：“如果你们是亚伯拉罕的儿女，就会做亚伯拉罕所做的事。

他們說：「我們的父就是亞伯拉罕。」耶穌說：「你們若是亞伯拉罕的兒子，就必行亞伯拉罕所行的事。

他們回答耶穌：「我們的父是亞伯拉罕。」耶穌對他們說：「你們若是亞伯拉罕的兒女，就會做亞伯拉罕所做的事。

他們回答耶穌：「我們的父是亞伯拉罕。」耶穌對他們說：「你們若是亞伯拉罕的兒女，就會做亞伯拉罕所做的事。

他們說：「我們的父就是亞伯拉罕！」耶穌說：「你們如果真是亞伯拉罕的子孫，一定會做他所做的事。

他們說：“我們的祖宗是亞伯拉罕。”耶穌說：“你們若是亞伯拉罕的子孫，就必作亞伯拉罕所作的。

他們回答耶穌說：『我們的父就是亞伯拉罕啊。』耶穌對他們說：『你們如果是亞伯拉罕的子孫，亞伯拉罕所行的事，你們就行了。

他們回答說：「亞伯拉罕是我們的父！」耶穌說：「如果你們是亞伯拉罕的兒女，就會做亞伯拉罕所做的事。

眾曰、亞伯拉罕我父也、耶穌曰、爾若亞伯拉罕之子、必行亞伯拉罕之行矣、

眾曰亞伯拉罕我父也、耶穌曰、爾若亞伯拉罕子、必行亞伯拉罕所行、

眾曰、亞伯拉罕我父也、耶穌曰、爾若為亞伯拉罕之子、則必行亞伯拉罕之所行、

彼等應曰：『吾父亞伯漢也。』耶穌曰：『苟為亞伯漢之後、則應為亞伯漢之所為矣。

“ Abraham is our father,” they answered.“ If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus,“ then you would do what Abraham did.

“ Abraham is our father,” they answered. Jesus said,“ Are you really Abraham’s children? If you are, you will do what Abraham did.

They answered him,“ Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them,“ If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,

“ Our father is Abraham,” they replied.“ If you were Abraham’s children,” Jesus told them,“ you would do what Abraham did.

They answered and said to Him,“ Abraham is our father.” Jesus* said to them,“ If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham.

They answered and said to Him,“ Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them,“ If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.

They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

“ Our father is Abraham!” they replied.“ If you were Abraham’s children,” Jesus told them,“ you would do what Abraham did.

They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

They answered him,“ Abraham is our father!” Jesus replied,“ If you are Abraham’s children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham.

They answered him,“ Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them,“ If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.

The real children of Abraham, then, are those who put their faith in God.

Being 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.

Yes, I realize that you are descendants of Abraham. And yet some of you are trying to kill me because there’s no room in your hearts for my message.

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.

For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the ceremony of circumcision.No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by the Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people.

In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.

And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God’s promise to Abraham belongs to you.

And Abraham is also the spiritual father of those who have been circumcised, but only if they have the same kind of faith Abraham had before he was circumcised.

You see, his faith and his actions worked together. His actions made his faith complete.And so it happened just as the Scriptures say:“ Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.” He was even called the friend of God.So you see, we are shown to be right with God by what we do, not by faith alone.

So the promise is received by faith. It is given as a free gift. And we are all certain to receive it, whether or not we live according to the law of Moses, if we have faith like Abraham’s. For Abraham is the father of all who believe.