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Matthew 3:8-10 KJV
Matthew · chapter 3 · verses 8–10 · King James Version
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.Matthew 3:8-10 · King James Version
Matthew 3:8-10 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.
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.
Cross references
- Luke 3:8
- Acts 26:20
- 2 Peter 1:4-8
- Galatians 5:22-23
- Philippians 1:11
- Ephesians 5:9
- Isaiah 1:16-17
- Romans 9:7-8
- Galatians 3:27-29
- John 15:6
- Luke 3:9
- Matthew 7:19
Key words (Strong's)
- yourselvesheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- childrenteknonoffspring, children, child, a male child, a son, metaph., the name transferred to that…G5043 →
- AbrahamabraamAbraham = " father of a multitude" , the son of Terah and the founder of the…G11 →
- fruitskarposfruit, the fruit of the trees, vines, of the fields, the fruit of one's loinsG2590 →
- withinenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- stoneslithosa stone, of small stones, of building stones, metaph. of ChristG3037 →
- forthpoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
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