Gen 4:8-11, Heb 11:4, 12:24, 1Jo 3:12 | ESV | STEP | Cain spoke to Abel his brother . And when they were in the field , Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

Genesis 4:8-11

8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother. ^{▼▼Hebrew; Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate add Let us go out to the field} And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and ^bkilled him. 9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, ^c“I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?” 10 And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood ^dis crying to me from the ground. 11 And now ^eyou are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

Hebrews 11:4

4 By faith ^fAbel offered to God ^ga more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And ^hthrough his faith, though he died, he ⁱstill speaks.

Hebrews 12:24

24 and to Jesus, ^jthe mediator of a new covenant, and to ^kthe sprinkled blood ^lthat speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

1 John 3:12

12 We should not be like ^mCain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? ⁿBecause his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.