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Matthew 3:8-10
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Matthew 3:8-10
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8 Change your hearts! And show by the way you live that you have changed. 9 I know what you are thinking. You want to say, ‘but Abraham is our father!’ That means nothing. I tell you, God could make children for Abraham from these rocks. 10 The ax is now ready to cut down the trees.[a] Every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
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- Matthew 3:10 trees The people who don’t obey God. They are like “trees” that will be cut down.
Matthew 3:8-10
New International Version
Matthew 3:8-10
New International Version
8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.(A) 9 And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’(B) I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. 10 The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.(C)
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