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 \v 7 So John said therefore to the large crowds of people who were coming out to be baptized by him, "You offspring of  vipers! Who warned you to run away from the wrath that is coming? 
 
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-\v 8 Produce fruits that are worthy of repentance, and do not start saying within yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' because I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham even out of these stones.
+\v 8 Therefore, produce fruits that are worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones. 
 
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-\v 9 Already the ax has been placed against the root of the trees. So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire."
+\v 9 Even now the ax is set against the root of the trees. So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire."
 
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 \v 10 Then the people in the crowds asked him, saying, "What then must we do?"