Matthew 3:8 - Easy To Read Version

⁸ You must do the things that show that you have really changed your hearts and lives.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Bring forth fruit that is consistent with repentance [let your lives prove your change of heart];

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:

Common English Bible

⁸ Produce fruit that shows you have changed your hearts and lives.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Therefore, produce fruit worthy of repentance.

Matthew 3:8 Cross References

Luke 3:8

You must do the things that will show that you have really changed your hearts and lives. And don’t think that saying, ‘Abraham {\cf2\super [49]} is our father’ will help you. I tell you that God can make children for Abraham from these rocks here!

Acts 26:20

I began telling people that they should change their hearts and lives and turn back to God. I told the people to do things that show that they really changed their hearts. I told these things first to people in Damascus. Then I went to Jerusalem and to every part of Judea and told these things to the people there. I also went to the non-Jewish people.

Philippians 1:11

that you will do many good things\par with the help of Christ\par to bring glory and praise to God.\par

Ephesians 5:9

Light brings every kind of goodness, right living, and truth.

Jeremiah 36:3

Maybe the family of Judah will hear what I am planning to do to them. And maybe they will stop doing bad things. If they will do that, I will forgive them for the bad sins they have done.”

Jeremiah 26:13

You people change your lives! You must start doing good things! You must obey the Lord your God. If you do that, then the Lord will change his mind. The Lord will not do the bad things he told you about.

Matthew 21:32

John came showing you the right way to live. And you did not believe John. But the tax collectors and prostitutes believed John. And you saw that the tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. But you still refused to change and believe him.

Ephesians 5:8

In the past you were \{full of\} darkness (sin), but now you are \{full of\} light (goodness) in the Lord. So live like children who belong to the light.