Do those things that will show that you have turned from your sins. And don't start saying among yourselves that Abraham is your ancestor. I tell you that God can take these rocks and make descendants for Abraham!

So he called out, 'Father Abraham! Take pity on me, and send Lazarus to dip his finger in some water and cool off my tongue, because I am in great pain in this fire!'

Jesus said to him, "Salvation has come to this house today, for this man, also, is a descendant of Abraham.

"My fellow Israelites, descendants of Abraham, and all Gentiles here who worship God: it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent!

He is also the father of those who are circumcised, that is, of those who, in addition to being circumcised, also live the same life of faith that our father Abraham lived before he was circumcised.

For if what God promises is to be given to those who obey the Law, then faith means nothing and God's promise is worthless.

And so the promise was based on faith, in order that the promise should be guaranteed as God's free gift to all of Abraham's descendants---not just to those who obey the Law, but also to those who believe as Abraham did. For Abraham is the spiritual father of us all;

A woman there had an evil spirit that had kept her sick for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not straighten up at all.

You are the children of your father, the Devil, and you want to follow your father's desires. From the very beginning he was a murderer and has never been on the side of truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he is only doing what is natural to him, because he is a liar and the father of all lies.

And then they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the Devil, who had caught them and made them obey his will.

When Jesus saw her, he called out to her, "Woman, you are free from your sickness!"

And Jesus concluded, "The Sabbath was made for the good of human beings; they were not made for the Sabbath.