{"id":4025,"date":"2024-05-25T07:41:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T07:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/matthew-3-8-fruits-of-repentance\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:04:49","slug":"matthew-3-8-fruits-of-repentance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/matthew-3-8-fruits-of-repentance\/","title":{"rendered":"\u9a6c\u592a\u798f\u97f3 3:8 \u7684\u542b\u4e49\uff1a\u7ed3\u51fa\u679c\u5b50\uff0c\u4e0e\u6094\u6539\u7684\u5fc3\u76f8\u79f0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>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, &quot;Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance.&quot; &quot;Meet&quot; is an old English word for &quot;fitting.&quot; John said it to Pharisees and Sadducees who came to be baptized. Luke gives the same saying in almost the same words: &quot;Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance&quot; (Luke 3:8). And Luke lets us\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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The verse, its setting, and the fruit John named in Luke 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-4025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2760,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/bible-verses-about-repentance\/","url_meta":{"origin":4025,"position":0},"title":"20 Bible Verses About Repentance","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"24 5 \u6708, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Explore the powerful message of repentance in our compilation of 24 carefully selected Bible verses. 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