People who say they have turned from sin should show it in what they do: that is what John the Baptist meant. In the King James Version, Matthew 3:8 reads, “Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance.” “Meet” is an old English word for “fitting.” John said it to Pharisees and Sadducees who came to be baptized. Luke gives the same saying in almost the same words: “Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance” (Luke 3:8). And Luke lets us…

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