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Matthew 3:12 KJV
Matthew · chapter 3 · verse 12 · King James Version
Whose 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.Matthew 3:12 · King James Version
Matthew 3:12 in context
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.
13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
14But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- unquenchableasbestosunquenched, unquenchable, of eternal hell fire to punish the damnedG762 →
- gathersynagōto gather together, to gather, to draw together, collect, of fishes, of a net in which…G4863 →
- garnerapothēkēa place in which anything is laid by or up, a storehouse, granaryG596 →
- purgediakatharizōto cleanse thoroughlyG1245 →
- floorhalōna ground plot or threshing floorG257 →
- wheatsitoswheat, grainG4621 →
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