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Luke 3:8

Luke 3:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

fruits: Isaiah 1:16-18; Ezekiel 18:27-31; Acts 26:20; 2 Corinthians 7:10-11; Galatians 5:22-24; Philippians 1:11; Hebrews 6:7-8

worthy of: or, meet for

We: Luke 13:28-29, Luke 16:23-31; Isaiah 48:1-2; Jeremiah 7:4-10; John 8:33; Romans 4:16, Romans 9:7

of these: Luke 19:40; Joshua 4:3-8; Matthew 8:11-12, Matthew 21:43; Galatians 3:28-29

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