Matthew 3:5-10

English Standard Version

⁵ Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him, ⁶ and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, ^(A)confessing their sins.

⁷ But when he saw many of ^(B)the Pharisees and ^(C)Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, ^(D)“You brood of ^(E)vipers! Who warned you to flee from ^(F)the wrath to come? ⁸ Bear fruit ^(G)in keeping with repentance. ⁹ And do not presume to say to yourselves, ^(H)‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from ^(I)these stones to raise up children for Abraham. ¹⁰ Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. ^(J)Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.