Matthew 3:12
His winnowing fork is in his hand to thoroughly clear off his threshing floor and to gather his wheat into the storehouse. But he will burn up the chaff with fire that can never be put out.”
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In Context
13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by John.
Cross References
Job 21:18How often is it that they become like stubble before the wind 1 or like chaff that the storm carries away? 1
Psalms 35:5May they be as chaff before the wind, 1 as the angel of Yahweh drives them away. 1
Isaiah 5:24Therefore as the tongue of fire devours stubble, and as the dry grass goes down in flame, 1 so their root will rot, and their blossom will blow away like dust. 1 This will happen because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of hosts, and because they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. 1
Isaiah 28:28Grain is ground for bread but not too finely, 1 and though the wheels of his cart and his horses scatter it, his horses do not crush it. 1
Isaiah 41:16You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away; the wind will scatter them. 1 You will rejoice in Yahweh, you will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 1
Jeremiah 4:11In that time it will be said of this people and Jerusalem, “A burning wind from the plains of the desert will make its way to the daughter of my people. It will not winnow or cleanse them.
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 →