When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees(A) coming to the place of his baptism,[a] he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?(B) Therefore produce fruit(C) consistent with[b] repentance. And don’t presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’(D) For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:7 Lit to his baptism
  2. Matthew 3:8 Lit fruit worthy of

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