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But when he saw many of
1the Pharisees and
2Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them,
3“You brood of
4vipers! Who warned you to flee from
5the wrath to come?
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Bear fruit
6in keeping with repentance.
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And do not presume to say to yourselves,
7‘We have Abraham as our father, ’ for I tell you, God is able from
8these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
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Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees.
9Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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10“I baptize you with water
11for repentance, but
12he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you
13with the Holy Spirit and
14fire.
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His
15winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and
16gather his wheat into the barn,
17but the chaff he will burn with
18unquenchable fire. ”