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But when he saw many of the ⁽ⁿ⁾Pharisees and ^(o)Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You ^(p)brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from ^(q)the wrath to come?

^(r)Therefore bear fruit ^(s)in keeping with repentance;

and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, ‘^(t)We have Abraham for our father'; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.

The ^(u)axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore ^(v)every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

"As for me, ^(w)I baptize you ^[g]with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; ^(x)He will baptize you ^[h]with the Holy Spirit and fire.

His ^(y)winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will ^(z)gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the ^(aa)chaff with ^(ab)unquenchable fire."