Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Matthew
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:7 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:7 JFB -> Commentary on 3:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:7 PNT -> Commentary on 3:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:7 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:7 TFG -> Commentary on 3:7 TSK -> Commentary on 3:7 TSK -> Entry for 3:7 WEN -> Notes on 3:7 NTB -> Baptism; Hypocrisy; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Repentance; Reproof; Sadducees; Viper; Wicked (People) TTT -> Baptism; Pharisees, The; Reproof; Sadducees, The; Titles and Names of the Wicked EBD -> Generation; John the Baptist; Pharisees; Sadducees; Viper SBD -> Sadducees SPG -> Devotional using 3:7 WJD -> Devotional using 3:7 WJD -> Devotional using 3:7 3:7 - [In Context] Many Pharisees F37 and Sadducees F38 came to the place where John was baptizing people. When John saw them he said to them: "You are all snakes! Who warned you to run away from God's anger that is coming?
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:8 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:8 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:8 JFB -> Commentary on 3:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:8 PNT -> Commentary on 3:8 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:8 TFG -> Commentary on 3:8 TSK -> Commentary on 3:8 TSK -> Entry for 3:8 WEN -> Notes on 3:8 NTB -> Baptism; Hypocrisy; Judaism; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Repentance; Reproof; Sadducees; Works TTT -> Baptism; Fruits; Repentance; Works, Good EBD -> Fruit; John the Baptist WJD -> Devotional using 3:8 WJD -> Devotional using 3:8 3:8 - [In Context] You must do the things that show that you have really changed your hearts and lives.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:9 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:9 JFB -> Commentary on 3:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:9 PNT -> Commentary on 3:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:9 TFG -> Commentary on 3:9 TSK -> Commentary on 3:9 TSK -> Entry for 3:9 WEN -> Notes on 3:9 NTB -> Abraham; Genealogy; Gentiles; God (continued); Heredity; Judaism; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Reproof; Sadducees; Salvation; Self-Delusion TTT -> Baptism; Hypocrites; Jews, The; Self-delusion EBD -> Father; John the Baptist WJD -> Devotional using 3:9 WJD -> Devotional using 3:9 3:9 - [In Context] And don't think that you can boast and say to yourselves, 'Abraham F39 is our father.' I tell you that God could make children for Abraham from these rocks here.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:10 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:10 JFB -> Commentary on 3:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:10 PNT -> Commentary on 3:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:10 TFG -> Commentary on 3:10 TSK -> Commentary on 3:10 TSK -> Entry for 3:10 WEN -> Notes on 3:10 NTB -> Ax; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Reproof; Unfaithfulness; Unfruitfulness; Wicked (People) TTT -> Baptism; Trees EBD -> Axe; John the Baptist WJD -> Devotional using 3:10 WJD -> Devotional using 3:10 3:10 - [In Context] The ax is now ready to cut down the trees. F40 Every tree that does not make good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
FOOTNOTES: F37: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F38: Sadducees   A leading Jewish religious group. They accepted only the first five books of the Old Testament. They believed that people don't live again after death. F39: Abraham   The most respected ancestor of the Jews. F40: trees   The people that don't obey God. They are like "trees" that will be cut down.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; WJD - What Jesus Did!; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.