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Matthew 3:8-10
Living Bible
Matthew 3:8-10
Living Bible
8 Before being baptized, prove that you have turned from sin by doing worthy deeds. 9 Don’t try to get by as you are, thinking, ‘We are safe for we are Jews—descendants of Abraham.’ That proves nothing. God can change these stones here into Jews![a]
10 “And even now the ax of God’s judgment is poised to chop down every unproductive tree. They will be chopped and burned.
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- Matthew 3:9 God can change these stones here into Jews, literally, “God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.”
Matthew 3:8-10
New International Version
Matthew 3:8-10
New International Version
8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.(A) 9 And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’(B) I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. 10 The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.(C)
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