Matthew 3:7-10

7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

9 And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ 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.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 12:34; Matthew 23:33
• 2. S Romans 1:18; 1 Thessalonians 1:10
• 3. Acts 26:20
• 4. S Luke 3:8
• 5. Matthew 7:19; Luke 3:9; Luke 13:6-9; John 15:2,6