7 So he was saying to the crowds who were going out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 “Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.
9 “But indeed the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore, every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
Referenced Scripture:
John 3:3, Matthew 3:5, Psalm 51:4, Psalm 51:7-12, Isaiah 29:13, Jeremiah 12:2b, Ezekiel 33:31, Matthew 7:17–20, Matthew 7:21–23
