Matthew 3:8 - The Scriptures 2009

⁸ “Bear, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance,

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance.

Matthew 3:8 Cross References

Jeremiah 26:13

“And now, make good your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim, then יהוה shall relent concerning the evil He has pronounced against you.

Jeremiah 36:3

“It could be that the house of Yehuḏah hears of all the evil which I plan to bring upon them, so that each one turns back from his evil way, and I shall pardon their crookedness and their sin.”

Matthew 21:32

for Yoḥanan came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but tax collectors and whores believed him. And when you saw it, you did not repent afterwards, to believe him.

Luke 3:8

“Therefore bear fruit worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Aḇraham as our father.’ For I say to you that Elohim is able to raise up children to Aḇraham from these stones.

Acts 26:20

but declared first to those in Dammeseq and in Yerushalayim, and in all the country of Yehuḏah, and to the nations, that they should repent, and turn to Elohim, and do works worthy of repentance.

Ephesians 5:8

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Master. Walk as children of light –

Ephesians 5:9

for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth –

Philippians 1:11

being filled with the fruit of righteousness, through יהושע Messiah, to the esteem and praise of Elohim.