Matthew 3:10

Already the ax has been placed against the root of the trees. So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.

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And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

In Context

9Do not think of saying among yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham even out of these stones.

11I baptize you with water for repentance. But he who comes after me is mightier than I, and I am not worthy even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 23:7The man who touches them 1 must use an iron tool or the shaft of a spear. 1 They must be burned up where they lie.'”

Psalms 80:15This is the root that your right hand planted, 1 the shoot that you made to grow. 1

Isaiah 5:2He spaded it, removed the stones, and planted it with an excellent kind of vine. 1 He built a tower in the middle of it, and also built a winepress. 1 He waited for it to produce grapes, but it only produced wild grapes. 1

Isaiah 61:3He has sent me—to give to those who mourn in Zion—to give them a turban instead of ashes, 1 oil of joy instead of mourning, a mantle of praise in place of a spirit of dullness, 1 to call them oaks of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified. 1

Ezekiel 15:2“Son of man, how is a vine better than any tree with branches that is among the trees in a forest?

Malachi 4:1For see, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and all the evildoers will become stubble. The day that is coming will burn them up,” says Yahweh of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

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 →

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