ποιήσατε οὖν καρπὸν ἄξιον τῆς μετανοίας

poiesate oun karpon axion tes metanoias

facite ergo fructum dignum paenitentiae

Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

Bring forth therefore fruits befitting for repentance:

Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance,

Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance,

Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:

“Produce therefore fruit that is fitting of repentance.”

Produce therefore fruit worthy of repentance.

Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance.

Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:

Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.

Do those things that prove you have turned to God and have changed the way you think and act.

Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance.

Produce fruit that is consistent with repentance!

Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance,

"Therefore bear fruit in keeping with repentance;

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God.

Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

Therefore let your lives prove your change of heart;

Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance!

You have to show that you are sorry. Change how you live. Stop doing things that God does not like.

bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation,

Do something to show me that your hearts are changed.

“Bring forth, therefore, fruit worthy of repentance!

If you think that simply hopping in the Jordan will cleanse you, then you are sorely mistaken. Your life must bear the fruits of turning toward righteousness. Nor are you correct if you think that being descended from Abraham is enough to make you holy and right with God. Yes, the children of Abraham are God’s chosen children, but God can adopt as daughters and sons anyone He likes—He can turn these stones into sons if He likes.

Before being baptized, prove that you have turned from sin by doing worthy deeds.

Produce good fruit as proof of your repentance.

Therefore bear fruit in keeping with repentance;

Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance

Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance.

Bring forth fruit that is consistent with repentance [let your lives prove your change of heart];

Do the things that show you really have changed your hearts and lives.

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 flourishing? Because if it’s deadwood, it goes on the fire.

Therefore produce fruit in keeping with repentance!

Therefore bear fruit worthy of repentance,

Bear fruit worthy of repentance.

Bring forth therefore the fruits belonging to repentance.

Do those things that will show that you have turned from your sins.

Therefore do ye worthy fruits of penance,

You’d better prove your repentance by bearing the right sort of fruit!

Do something to show you have really given up your sins.

Bear fruit that befits repentance,

But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism he said: “Who warned you, you serpent’s brood, to escape from the wrath to come? Go and do something to show that your hearts are really changed. Don’t suppose that you can say to yourselves, ‘We are Abraham’s children’, for I tell you that God could produce children of Abraham out of these stones!

Therefore, bear fruit worthy of repentance,

Bear fruit worthy of repentance.

Produce fruit that shows you have changed your hearts and lives.

So produce fruit that is consistent with repentance [demonstrating new behavior that proves a change of heart, and a conscious decision to turn away from sin];

Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.

Produce good fruit as evidence of your repentance.

Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance;

·Do the things [L Produce the fruit] ·that show you really have changed your hearts and lives [that prove your repentance; L of repentance].

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance;

Bear fruit that befits repentance,

Live in a way that shows you have turned away from your sins.

Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

If you have really turned from your sins to God, produce fruit that will prove it!

Stop your wrong ways to show that you have turned back to God.

Bear fruit worthy of repentance.

Produce pri tov l’teshuva (fruit worthy of repentance)!

Do those things that prove you have turned to God and have changed the way you think and act.

Therefore, bear fruit worthy of repentance,

Change your hearts! And show by the way you live that you have changed.

You must do the things that show that you have really changed your hearts and lives.

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance.