Matthew 3:7 - Easy To Read Version

⁷ Many Pharisees {\cf2\super [37]} and Sadducees {\cf2\super [38]} came to the place where John was baptizing people. When John saw them he said to them: “You are all snakes! Who warned you to run away from God’s anger that is coming?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee and escape from the wrath and indignation [of God against disobedience] that is coming?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Common English Bible

⁷ Many Pharisees and Sadducees came to be baptized by John. He said to them, “You children of snakes! Who warned you to escape from the angry judgment that is coming soon?

Catholic Public Domain Version

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?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 3:7 Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your children and her children will be enemies. You will bite her child’s foot, but he will crush your head.”

Proverbs 28:4

You are for evil people if you refuse to obey the law. But if you obey the law, then you are against them.

Isaiah 59:5

They hatch \{evil, like\} eggs from poisonous snakes. If you eat one of those eggs you will die. And if you break one of those eggs, a poison snake will come out.

Jeremiah 51:6

Run away from Babylon.\par Run to save your lives!\par Don’t stay and be killed\par because of Babylon’s sins!\par It is time for the Lord to punish\par the people of Babylon\par for the bad things they did.\par Babylon will get the punishment\par that she should have.\par

Jeremiah 6:10

Who can I speak to?\par Who can I warn?\par Who will listen to me?\par The people of Israel have closed their ears,\par so they can’t hear my warnings.\par The people don’t like the Lord’s teachings.\par They don’t want to hear his message.\par

Matthew 12:24

The Pharisees {\cf2\super [169]} heard the people saying this. The Pharisees said, “This man uses the power of Beelzebul (the devil) to force demons {\cf2\super [170]} out of people. Beelzebul is the ruler of demons.”

Matthew 12:34

You snakes! You are evil people! How can you say anything good? The mouth speaks the things that are in the heart.

Matthew 15:12

Then the followers came to Jesus and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees {\cf2\super [207]} are angry because of what you said?”

Matthew 16:1

The Pharisees {\cf2\super [214]} and Sadducees {\cf2\super [215]} came to Jesus. They wanted to test Jesus. So they asked Jesus to show them a miracle {\cf2\super [216]} to prove that he was from God.

Matthew 16:6

Jesus said to the followers, “Be careful! Guard against the yeast {\cf2\super [219]} of the Pharisees {\cf2\super [220]} and the Sadducees. {\cf2\super [221]} ”

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees {\cf2\super [305]} left the place where Jesus was teaching. They made plans to catch Jesus saying something wrong.

Matthew 22:23

That same day some Sadducees {\cf2\super [311]} came to Jesus. (Sadducees believe that no person will rise from death.) The Sadducees asked Jesus a question.

Matthew 22:34

The Pharisees {\cf2\super [316]} learned that Jesus told the Sadducees {\cf2\super [317]} things they could not argue with. So the Pharisees met together.

Matthew 23:33

“You are snakes! You are from a family of poisonous snakes! You will not escape God. You will all be judged guilty and go to hell!

Matthew 5:20

I tell you that you must do better than the teachers of the law and the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [62]} If you are not better people, then you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 12:13

Later, the Jewish leaders sent some Pharisees {\cf2\super [155]} and some men from the group called Herodians {\cf2\super [156]} to Jesus. They wanted to catch Jesus saying something wrong.

Mark 12:18

Then some Sadducees {\cf2\super [160]} came to Jesus. (Sadducees believe that no person will rise from death.) The Sadducees asked Jesus a question.

Mark 8:15

Jesus warned them, “Be careful! Guard against the yeast {\cf2\super [95]} of the Pharisees {\cf2\super [96]} and the yeast of Herod. {\cf2\super [97]} ”

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees {\cf2\super [262]} were listening to all these things. The Pharisees criticized Jesus because they all loved money.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood alone, away from the tax collector. When the Pharisee prayed, he said, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not as bad as other people. I am not like men that steal, cheat, or do the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [286]} I thank you that I am better than this tax collector.

Luke 7:30

But the Pharisees {\cf2\super [137]} and teachers of the law refused to accept God’s plan for themselves; they did not let John baptize them.)

John 1:24

These Jews were sent from the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [14]}

John 8:44

Your father is the devil. You belong to him. You want to do what he wants. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He was always against the truth. There is no truth in him. He is like the lies he tells. Yes, the devil is a liar. He is the father of lies.

John 9:40

Some of the Pharisees {\cf2\super [162]} were near Jesus. They heard Jesus say this. They asked, “What? Are you saying that we are blind too?”

Acts 15:5

Some of the believers \{in Jerusalem\} had belonged to the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [301]} They stood up and said, “The non-Jewish believers must be circumcised. {\cf2\super [302]} We must tell them to obey the law of Moses!”

Acts 20:31

So be careful! Always remember this: I was with you for three years. During this time, I never stopped warning you. I taught you night and day. I often cried for you.

Acts 26:5

These Jews have known me for a long time. If they want to, they can tell you that I was a good Pharisee. {\cf2\super [487]} And the Pharisees obey the laws of the Jewish religion more carefully than any other group of Jewish people.

Acts 5:17

The high priest {\cf2\super [89]} and all his friends (a group called the Sadducees {\cf2\super [90]})became very jealous.

Romans 1:18

God shows his anger from heaven against all the evil and wrong things that people do. They have the truth, but by their evil lives they hide it.

Romans 5:9

We have been made right with God by Christ’s blood (death). So through Christ we will surely be saved from God’s anger.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

You began waiting for God’s Son to come from heaven. God raised that Son from death. He is Jesus, who saves us from God’s angry judgment that is coming.

Hebrews 11:7

Noah was warned by God about things that Noah could not yet see. But Noah had faith and respect for God. So Noah built a large boat to save his family. With his faith, Noah showed that the world was wrong. And Noah became one of those people who are made right with God through faith.

Hebrews 6:18

Those two things cannot change. God cannot lie when he says something and he cannot lie when he makes a vow. So those things give great comfort to us who came to God for safety. Those two things give us comfort and strength to continue in the hope that God gives us.

1 John 3:10

So we can see who God’s children are. Also, we can know who the children of the devil are. The people who don’t do what is right are not children of God. And the person who does not love his brothers and sisters \{in Christ\} is not a child of God.