Matthew 3:4-10

New King James Version

⁴ Now ^(A)John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was ^(B)locusts and ^(C)wild honey. ^5 (D)Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him ^6 (E)and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

⁷ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, ^(F)“Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from ^(G)the wrath to come? ⁸ Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, ⁹ and do not think to say to yourselves, ^(H)‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. ¹⁰ And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. ^(I)Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.