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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 3, Verse 10

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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.
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
New English Translation
Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
World English Bible
"Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
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I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and [with] fire:
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Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
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Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
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But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
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And Jesus answering said unto him, ‹Suffer› [it to be so] ‹now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.› Then he suffered him.
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And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
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And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
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Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
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And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
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And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.