Matthew 3:8
Therefore produce fruit worthy of teshuvah ·complete repentance·!
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In The King James Version
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 1:16Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. 2 Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. 2 Cease to do evil. 1
Matthew 21:28But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’
Luke 3:8Therefore produce fruits worthy of teshuvah ·complete repentance·, and don’t begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham [Father of a multitude] Avinu ·our Father·;’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham [Father of a multitude] from these stones!
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 →