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Matthew 3:5-12

5ThenwentG1607outuntohimJerusalemἹεροσόλυμαHi'erosolumaG2414,andallJudæa,andalltheregionπερίχωροςperichōrosG4066roundabouttheJordanἸορδάνου,IordanouG2446;

6andtheywerebaptizedG907ofhimintheriverποταμῷpotamōG4215JordanἸορδάνῃIordanēG2446,confessingG1843theirsinsἁμαρτίαςhamartiasG266.

7ButwhenhesawG3708manyπολλοὺςpollousG4183ofthePhariseesΦαρισαίωνPharisaiōnG5330andSadduceesΣαδδουκαίωνSaddoukaiōnG4523comingG2064tohisbaptismβάπτισμαbaptismaG908,hesaidG3004untothem, YeoffspringG1081ofvipersἐχιδνῶν,echidnōnG2191,whowarnedyoutofleeφυγεῖνphugeinG5343fromthewrathὀργῆς;orgēsG3709tocomeG2064?

8BringforththereforeοὖνounG3767fruitκαρπὸνkarponG2590worthyἄξιονaxionG514ofrepentanceμετανοίας.metanoiasG3341:

9andthinkG1380nottosayλέγεινlegeinG3004withinyourselves,WehaveAbrahamἈβραάμ·AbraamG11toourfatherπατέραpateraG3962:forIsayλέγωlegōG3004untoyou,thatGodθεὸςtheosG2316isableδύναταιdunataiG1410ofthesestonesG3037toraiseἐγεῖραιegeiraiG1453upchildrenG5043untoAbrahamἈβραάμ.¶AbraamG11.

10AndevenG2532nowδὲdeG1161theaxeliethattherootῥίζανrhizanG4491ofthetreesG1186:everytreeG1186thereforeοὖνounG3767thatbringethnotforthgoodκαλὸνkalonG2570fruitκαρπὸνkarponG2590ishewndownἐκκόπτεταιekkoptetaiG1581,andcastG906intothefireπῦρpurG4442.

11IindeedbaptizeβαπτίζωbaptizōG907youinwaterὕδατιhudatiG5204untorepentanceμετάνοιαν,metanoianG3341:buthethatcomethaftermeisG1510mightierG2478thanI,whoseshoesIamG1510notworthyG2425tobearG941:heshallbaptizeβαπτίσειbaptiseiG907youintheHolyἁγίῳhagiōG40SpiritπνεύματιpneumatiG4151andinfireπυρί·puriG4442:

12whosefanisinhishandχειρὶcheiriG5495,andhewillthoroughly cleansehisthreshing-floor;andhewillgatherσυνάξειsunaxeiG4863hiswheatσῖτονsitonG4621intothegarner,butthechaffἄχυρονachuronG892hewillburnκατακαύσειkatakauseiG2618upwithunquenchableἀσβέστῳ.¶asbestōG762fireπυρὶpuriG4442.

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