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Matthew 3:8-10
Living Bible
Matthew 3:8-10
Living Bible
8 Before being baptized, prove that you have turned from sin by doing worthy deeds. 9 Don’t try to get by as you are, thinking, ‘We are safe for we are Jews—descendants of Abraham.’ That proves nothing. God can change these stones here into Jews![a]
10 “And even now the ax of God’s judgment is poised to chop down every unproductive tree. They will be chopped and burned.
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- Matthew 3:9 God can change these stones here into Jews, literally, “God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.”
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