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10 The ax is now ready to cut the roots of the trees. Any tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire. 11 I baptize you with water so that you will change the way you think and act. But the one who comes after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing[a] shovel is in his hand, and he will clean up his threshing floor.[b] He will gather his wheat into a barn, but he will burn the husks in a fire that can never be put out.”

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  1. Matthew 3:12 Winnowing is the process of separating husks from grain.
  2. Matthew 3:12 A threshing floor is an outdoor area where grain is separated from its husks.

10 El hacha ya está puesta a la raíz de los árboles, y todo árbol que no produzca buen fruto será cortado y arrojado al fuego.

11 »Yo os bautizo con[a] agua para arrepentimiento. Pero el que viene después de mí es más poderoso que yo, y ni siquiera merezco llevarle las sandalias. Él os bautizará con el Espíritu Santo y con fuego. 12 Tiene el aventador en la mano y limpiará su era, recogiendo el trigo en su granero; la paja, en cambio, la quemará con fuego que nunca se apagará».

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  1. 3:11 con. Alt. en.