Jesus On Ancestry
Matthew 3:9 (KJV)
9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Matthew 23:32 (KJV)
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Luke 6:26 (KJV)
26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
John 6:58 (KJV)
58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
Ancestry In The New Testament
Matthew 1:17 (KJV)
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
1 Timothy 1:4 (KJV)
4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
Titus 3:9 (KJV)
9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
Hebrews 7:16 (KJV)
16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
Ancestry In The Old Testament
Leviticus 26:45 (KJV)
45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the Lord.
1 Chronicles 9:1 (KJV)
9 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
Proverbs 22:28 (KJV)
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Jeremiah 11:10 (KJV)
10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
Scripture contributions for August 2019 by: Paul Anderson, Matthew Anderson
