Matthew 3:6-8

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⁶ They confessed their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan River.

⁷ Many of the Pharisees and Sadducees came to the place where John was baptizing people. When John saw them, he said, “You ·are snakes [^Tbrood/offspring of vipers]! Who warned you to ·run [slither; ^Lflee] away from God’s coming ·punishment [wrath; retribution]? ⁸ ·Do the things [^LProduce the fruit] ·that show you really have changed your hearts and lives [that prove your repentance; ^Lof repentance].