03.03.

Matt. 3:8 Tehkää sentähden parannuksen soveliaita hedelmiä,

3:9 älkääkä luulko saattavanne
sanoa mielessänne: 'Onhan meillä isänä Aabraham'; sillä minä sanon teille, että
Jumala voi näistä kivistä herättää lapsia Aabrahamille.
Rinnakkaisviitteet
Ap.t. 26:20 vaan saarnasin ensin sekä Damaskon että Jerusalemin asukkaille, ja
sitten koko Juudean maalle ja pakanoille parannusta ja kääntymystä Jumalan
puoleen, ja että he tekisivät parannuksen soveliaita tekoja.
Biblia (1776) Tehkäät siis parannuksen soveliaita hedelmiä.
Englanti (KJV 1789) Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

AMP Matt 3: ⁸ Bring
forth fruit that is consistent with repentance [let your lives prove your
change of heart]; ⁹ And do not presume to say to yourselves, We have
Abraham for our forefather; for I tell you, God is able to raise up descendants
for Abraham from these stones!

MSG Matt 3: ^7-10 When John realized that
a lot of Pharisees and Sadducees were showing up for a baptismal experience
because it was becoming the popular thing to do, he exploded: “Brood of snakes!
What do you think you’re doing slithering down here to the river? Do you think
a little water on your snakeskins is going to make any difference? It’s your
life that must change, not your skin! And don’t think you can pull rank by
claiming Abraham as father. Being a descendant of Abraham is neither here nor
there. Descendants of Abraham are a dime a dozen. What counts is your life. Is
it green and blossoming? Because if it’s deadwood, it goes on the fire.

TLB Matt 3: ⁸ Before
being baptized, prove that you have turned from sin by doing worthy deeds. ⁹
Don’t try to get by as you are, thinking, ‘We are safe for we are
Jews—descendants of Abraham.’ That proves nothing. God can change these stones
here into Jews!^[e]