Lux Domini
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

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Interpretation

To make application to the souls of the hearers, is the life of preaching; so it was of John's preaching. The Pharisees laid their chief stress on outward observances, neglecting the weightier matters of the moral law, and the spiritual meaning of their legal ceremonies.

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This thought runs through Matthew 3:7-10.