5. Then Jerusalem, and all Judea, and the entire region around the Jordan went out to him.
6. And they were baptized by him in the Jordan, acknowledging their sins.
7. Then, seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees arriving for his baptism, he said to them: "Progeny of vipers, who warned to you to flee from the approaching wrath?
8. Therefore, produce fruit worthy of repentance.
9. And do not choose to say within yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God has the power to raise up sons to Abraham from these stones.
10. For even now the axe has been placed at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not produce good fruit shall be cut down and cast into the fire.