Matthew 3:8
Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance,
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 21:28“But what do you think? A man had two children. And having come to the first, he said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’
Luke 3:8Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham out of these stones!
Acts 26:20but to those first in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, proclaiming that they must repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.
2 Corinthians 7:10For godly sorrow brings about repentance leading to salvation, without regret; but worldly sorrow brings about death.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:8-13
The Preaching of John the Baptist. 7 But 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? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 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. 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not… Read the whole commentary →