New American Standard Bible 1995

Matthew 3:4-11

4NowG1161 JohnG2491 himselfG846 hadG2192 1 2a garmentG1742 of camel’sG2574 hairG2359 and a leatherG1193 beltG2223 aroundG4012 his waistG3751; and his foodG5160 was 3locustsG200 and wildG66 honeyG3192. 5ThenG5119 JerusalemG2414 4was goingG1607 out to him, and allG3956 JudeaG2453 and allG3956 5the districtG4066 aroundG4066 the JordanG2446; 6and they were being 6baptizedG907 by him in the JordanG2446 RiverG4215, as they confessedG1843 their sinsG266.

7But when he sawG3708 manyG4183 of the 7PhariseesG5330 and 8SadduceesG4523 comingG2064 for baptismG908, he saidG3004 to them, “You 9broodG1081 of vipersG2191, whoG5101 warnedG5263 you to fleeG5343 from 10the wrathG3709 to comeG3195? 8 11ThereforeG3767 bearG4160 fruitG2590 12in keepingG514 with repentanceG3341; 9and do not supposeG1380 that you can sayG3004 to yourselvesG1438, ‘13We haveG2192 AbrahamG11 for our fatherG3962’; for I sayG3004 to you that from theseG3778 stonesG3037 GodG2316 is ableG1410 to raiseG1453 up childrenG5043 to AbrahamG11. 10The 14axeG513 is alreadyG2235 laidG2749 at the rootG4491 of the treesG1186; thereforeG3767 15everyG3956 treeG1186 that does not bearG4160 goodG2570 fruitG2590 is cutG1581 downG1581 and thrownG906 into the fireG4442.

11“As for me, 16I baptizeG907 you 17with waterG5204 for repentanceG3341, but He who is comingG2064 afterG3694 me is mightierG2478 than I, and I amG1510 not fitG2425 to removeG941 His sandalsG5266; 18He will baptizeG907 you 19with the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 and fireG4442.

Notes

1. Matthew 3:4 Lit his garment ↩
2. Matthew 3:4 2 Kin 1:8; Zech 13:4; Matt 11:8; Mark 1:6 ↩
3. Matthew 3:4 Lev 11:22 ↩
4. Matthew 3:5 Mark 1:5 ↩
5. Matthew 3:5 Luke 3:3 ↩
6. Matthew 3:6 Matt 3:11, 13-16; Mark 1:5; John 1:25, 26; 3:23; Acts 1:5; 2:38-41; 10:37 ↩
7. Matthew 3:7 Matt 16:1ff; 23:13, 15 ↩
8. Matthew 3:7 Matt 22:23; Acts 4:1; 5:17; 23:6ff ↩
9. Matthew 3:7 Matt 12:34; 23:33 ↩
10. Matthew 3:7 1 Thess 1:10 ↩
11. Matthew 3:8 Luke 3:8; Eph 5:8, 9 ↩
12. Matthew 3:8 Acts 26:20 ↩
13. Matthew 3:9 Luke 3:8; 16:24; John 8:33, 39, 53; Acts 13:26; Rom 4:1; 9:7, 8; Gal 3:29 ↩
14. Matthew 3:10 Luke 3:9 ↩
15. Matthew 3:10 Ps 92:12-14; Matt 7:19; John 15:2 ↩
16. Matthew 3:11 Mark 1:4, 8; Luke 3:16; John 1:26f; Acts 1:5; 8:36, 38; 11:16 ↩
17. Matthew 3:11 The Gr here can be translated in, with or by ↩
18. Matthew 3:11 John 1:33; Acts 2:3, 4; Titus 3:5 ↩
19. Matthew 3:11 The Gr here can be translated in, with or by ↩