³⁰ “‘No, father Abraham,’^(A) he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

³³ They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants^(A) and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”

³⁹ “Abraham is our father,” they answered.

“If you were Abraham’s children,”^(A) said Jesus, “then you would^[a] do what Abraham did.

⁵³ Are you greater than our father Abraham?^(A) He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”