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Matthew 3:8 KJV
Matthew · chapter 3 · verse 8
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:Matthew 3:8 · King James Version
Matthew 3:8 in context
6And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- fruitskarposfruit, the fruit of the trees, vines, of the fields, the fruit of one's loinsG2590 →
- forthpoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
- meetaxiosweighing, having weight, having the weight of another thing of like value, worth as much…G514 →
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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