Matthew 3:8-10

Living Bible

⁸ Before being baptized, prove that you have turned from sin by doing worthy deeds. ⁹ Don’t try to get by as you are, thinking, ‘We are safe for we are Jews—descendants of Abraham.’ That proves nothing. God can change these stones here into Jews!^[a]

¹⁰ “And even now the ax of God’s judgment is poised to chop down every unproductive tree. They will be chopped and burned.