Context 3:8 Therefore produce fruit1 that proves your2 repentance,
3:9 and don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
[3:8]1snFruit worthy of repentance refers to the deeds that indicate a change of attitude (heart) on the part of John’s hearers.