Mateo 3:8

8 Por tanto, dad frutos dignos de arrepentimiento;

Mateo 3:8 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 3:8

Bring forth therefore fruits
That is, if you are truly penitent, if you have a proper sense of sin, and true repentance for it, do such works as are suitable to it, and will show the genuineness of it; for

fruits meet for repentance
are the same as "works meet for repentance", ( Acts 26:20 ) and as a tree is known by its fruit, so repentance is known by good works; these are the fruits and effects of repentance, and which are proofs with men of the sincerity of it. Those which follow upon evangelical repentance are such as are mentioned in ( 2 Corinthians 7:11 ) . Now let it be observed, that John insisted upon repentance, and a good conversation, attesting the truth of it as necessary prerequisites to the ordinance of baptism; and so Peter first urged repentance; and then proposed baptism, ( Acts 2:38 ) from whence one should think it may be rationally and strongly concluded, that none but truly repenting sinners, and such who have given proofs that they are so, are to be admitted to this ordinance.

Mateo 3:8 In-Context

6 y confesando sus pecados, eran bautizados por él en el río Jordán.

7 Pero cuando vio que muchos de los fariseos y saduceos venían para el bautismo, les dijo: ¡Camada de víboras! ¿Quién os enseñó a huir de la ira que vendrá?

8 Por tanto, dad frutos dignos de arrepentimiento;

9 y no presumáis que podéis deciros a vosotros mismos: "Tenemos a Abraham por padre", porque os digo que Dios puede levantar hijos a Abraham de estas piedras.

10 Y el hacha ya está puesta a la raíz de los árboles; por tanto, todo árbol que no da buen fruto es cortado y echado al fuego.