For parallels in Jesus’ preaching to that of John in vv. 7–12 see

3:7 (“brood of vipers,” escaping judgment) with 23:33; cf. also 12:34

3:8 (repentance) with 11:20–21; 12:41;

3:8, 10 (producing good fruit) with 7:16–20; 12:33; 21:41, 43;

3:9 (children of Abraham) with 8:11–12;

3:10b (fruitless tree cut down and burned) exactly repeated in 7:19;

3:11–12 (judgment by fire) with 5:22; 13:40–42, 50; 18:8–9; 25:41;

3:12 (grain gathered into the granary) with 13:30.