(KJV)
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
(NASB2020)
aTherefore produce fruit bconsistent with
repentance;
(NET2full)
Therefore produce fruit ▼▼sn Fruit that proves your repentance refers to the deeds that indicate a change of attitude (heart) on the part of John’s hearers.
that
proves your
▼▼tn Grk “fruit worthy of.”
repentance,
(KJV)
And think not to say within yourselves,
We have Abraham to our father:
for I say unto you,
that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
(NASB2020)
and do not
assume that you can
say to
yourselves, ‘
eWe
have Abraham as our father’; for I
tell you that
God is
able, from
these stones, to
raise up children for
Abraham.
and don’t think you can
say to yourselves, ‘We
have Abraham as our
father.’ ▼▼sn With this statement John warns his hearers that physical descent from the patriarchs (Abraham) will not suffice to save them from the coming eschatological wrath of God.
For I
tell you that God can raise up children for
Abraham from these stones!
(KJV)
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees:
therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down,
and cast into the fire.
(NASB2020)
And the
gaxe is
already laid at the
root of the
trees;
therefore,
hevery tree that does not
bear good fruit is being
cut down and
thrown into the
fire.
Even now the ax is
laid at ▼▼sn Laid at the root. That is, placed and aimed, ready to begin cutting.
the root of
the trees,
and every tree that does
not produce good fruit will be
cut down and thrown into the
fire.
