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Matthew 3:10 KJV
Matthew · chapter 3 · verse 10
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.Matthew 3:10 · King James Version
Matthew 3:10 in context
8Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
9And 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.
10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
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Key words (Strong's)
- bringethpoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
- treesdendrona treeG1186 →
- fruitkarposfruit, the fruit of the trees, vines, of the fields, the fruit of one's loinsG2590 →
- laidkeimaito lie, of an infant, of one buried, of things that quietly cover some spot, of a city…G2749 →
- rootrhizaa root, that which like a root springs from a root, a sprout, shoot, metaph. offspring…G4491 →
- goodkalosbeautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable…G2570 →
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The doctrine John preached was that of repentance, in consideration of the kingdom of heaven being at hand; now here we have the use of that doctrine. Application is the life of preaching, so it was of John's preaching. Observe, 1. To whom he applied it;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-12