New American Standard Bible 2020

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. 5AtG5119 thatG5119 timeG5119 JerusalemG2414 4was goingG1607 outG1607 to him, and allG3956 JudeaG2449 and allG3956 5the regionG4066 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 9baptismG908, he saidG3004 to them, “You 10 11offspringG1081 of vipersG2191, whoG5101 warnedG5263 you to fleeG5343 from 12the wrathG3709 toG3195 comeG3195? 8 13ThereforeG3767 produceG4160 fruitG2590 14consistentG514 with repentanceG3341; 9and do not assumeG1380 that you can sayG3004 to yourselvesG1438, ‘15We haveG2192 AbrahamG11 as our fatherG3962’; for I tellG3004 you that GodG2316 is ableG1410, from theseG3778 stonesG3037, to raiseG1453 upG1453 childrenG5043 for AbrahamG11. 10And the 16axeG513 is alreadyG2235 laidG2749 at the rootG4491 of the treesG1186; thereforeG3767, 17everyG3956 treeG1186 that does not bearG4160 goodG2570 fruitG2590 is being cutG1581 downG1581 and thrownG906 into the fireG4442.

11“As for me, 18I baptizeG907 you 19with waterG5204 for repentanceG3341, but He who is comingG2064 afterG3694 me is mightierG2478 than I, and I amG1510 not fitG2425 to removeG941 His sandalsG5266; 20He will baptizeG907 you 21with 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 Later mss his baptism ↩
10. Matthew 3:7 Or brood ↩
11. Matthew 3:7 Matt 12:34; 23:33 ↩
12. Matthew 3:7 1 Thess 1:10 ↩
13. Matthew 3:8 Luke 3:8; Eph 5:8, 9 ↩
14. Matthew 3:8 Acts 26:20 ↩
15. 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 ↩
16. Matthew 3:10 Luke 3:9 ↩
17. Matthew 3:10 Ps 92:12-14; Matt 7:19; John 15:2 ↩
18. Matthew 3:11 Mark 1:4, 8; Luke 3:16; John 1:26f; Acts 1:5; 8:36, 38; 11:16 ↩
19. Matthew 3:11 The Gr here can be translated in, with, or by ↩
20. Matthew 3:11 John 1:33; Acts 2:3, 4; Titus 3:5 ↩
21. Matthew 3:11 The Gr here can be translated in, with, or by ↩