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Matthew 3:9 KJV
Matthew · chapter 3 · verse 9
And 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.Matthew 3:9 · King James Version
Matthew 3:9 in context
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:
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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 →
- 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 →
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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