Matthew 3:8
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
Context
This verse from Matthew Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. John the Baptist preaches in the wilderness: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. He baptizes in the Jordan and rebukes the Pharisees and Sadducees as a brood of vipers. Jesus comes from Galilee to be baptized. The …
Other Translations
Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:
bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation,
Let your change of heart be seen in your works:
Cross References
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause …
Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for …
Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord …
It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; …
But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go …
And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the …
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: …