Matthew 3:4-9

4 John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
5 People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan.
6 Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
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.

Cross References 8

  • 1. S Matthew 3:1
  • 2. 2 Kings 1:8
  • 3. Leviticus 11:22
  • 4. ver 11; S Mark 1:4
  • 5. Matthew 12:34; Matthew 23:33
  • 6. S Romans 1:18; 1 Thessalonians 1:10
  • 7. Acts 26:20
  • 8. S Luke 3:8
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