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"Thereforebearfruits in keeping with repentance, and 1do not begin to say to yourselves, '2We haveAbraham for our father,' for I say to you that from thesestonesGod is able to raise up children to Abraham.
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So he began 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?
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"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.
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"Indeed the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; so every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."
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And the crowds were questioning him, saying, "Then what shall we do?"