The New American Standard Bible
Book of Matthew
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3:7 - [In Context|Original Greek] But when he saw many of the Pharisees R48 and Sadducees R49 coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood R50 of vipers, who warned you to flee from the R51 wrath to come?
3:8 - [In Context|Original Greek] "Therefore bear fruit in R52 keeping with repentance;
3:9 - [In Context|Original Greek] and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father'; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.
3:10 - [In Context|Original Greek] "The axe R53 is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore every R54 tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
3:11 - [In Context|Original Greek] "As for me, I R55 baptize you with F42 water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He R56 will baptize you with F42 the Holy Spirit and fire.
3:12 - [In Context|Original Greek] "His winnowing R57 fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather R58 His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff R59 with unquenchable R60 fire."
FOOTNOTES: F42: The Greek here can be translated in, with or by
CROSS REFERENCES: R48: Joshua 15:61; Judges 1:16 R49: Matthew 4:17 R50: Daniel 2:44; Matthew 4:17,23; 6:10; 10:7; Mark 1:15; Luke 10:9; 11:20; 21:31 R51: Luke 1:17,76 R52: Isaiah 40:3 R53: John 1:23 R54: 2 Kings 1:8; Zechariah 13:4; Matthew 11:8; Mark 1:6 R55: Leviticus 11:22 R56: Mark 1:5 R57: Luke 3:3 R58: Matthew 3:11,13-16; Mark 1:5; John 1:25,26; 3:23; Acts 1:5; 2:38-41; 10:37 R59: Matthew 16:1; 23:13,15 R60: Matthew 22:23; Acts 4:1; 5:17; 23:6

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