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Selected Verse: Matthew 3:8 - Strong Concordance

Verse         Translation Text
Mt 3:8 Strong Concordance Bring forth [4160] therefore [3767] fruits [2590] meet [514] for repentance [3341]:
  King James Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Bring forth therefore fruits--the true reading clearly is "fruit";

meet for repentance--that is, such fruit as befits a true penitent. John now being gifted with a knowledge of the human heart, like a true minister of righteousness and lover of souls here directs them how to evidence and carry out their repentance, supposing it genuine; and in the following verses warns them of their danger in case it were not.
 
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16 Ye shall know [1921] them [846] by [575] their [846] fruits [2590] [3385]. Do men gather [4816] grapes [4718] of [575] thorns [173], or [2228] figs [4810] of [575] thistles [5146]?
17 Even so [3779] every [3956] good [18] tree [1186] bringeth forth [4160] good [2570] fruit [2590]; but [1161] a corrupt [4550] tree [1186] bringeth forth [4160] evil [4190] fruit [2590].
18 A good [18] tree [1186] cannot [3756] [1410] bring forth [4160] evil [4190] fruit [2590], neither [3761] can a corrupt [4550] tree [1186] bring forth [4160] good [2570] fruit [2590].
19 Every [3956] tree [1186] that bringeth [4160] not [3361] forth [4160] good [2570] fruit [2590] is hewn down [1581], and [2532] cast [906] into [1519] the fire [4442].