Matthew 3:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

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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?

Matthew 3:7 Cross References

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

Romans 1:18

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and injustice of those who by their injustice suppress the truth.

Matthew 23:33

You snakes, you brood of vipers! How can you escape the judgment of hell?

Romans 5:9

Much more surely, therefore, since we have now been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God.

Matthew 22:23

The same day some Sadducees came to him saying there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question:

Matthew 16:6

Jesus said to them, “Watch out, and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

1 John 3:10

The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love a brother or sister.

John 9:40

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, “Surely we are not blind, are we?”

Jeremiah 51:6

Flee from the midst of Babylon; save your lives, each of you! Do not perish because of her guilt, for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; he is repaying her what is due.

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? See, their ears are closed; they cannot listen. The word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn; they take no pleasure in it.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, warned by God about events as yet unseen, respected the warning and built an ark to save his household; by this he condemned the world and became an heir to the righteousness that is in accordance with faith.

Acts 26:5

They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I have belonged to the strictest sect of our religion and lived as a Pharisee.

Acts 20:31

Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to warn everyone with tears.

Acts 15:5

But some believers who belonged to the sect of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary for them to be circumcised and ordered to keep the law of Moses.”

Acts 5:17

Then the high priest took action; he and all who were with him (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), being filled with jealousy,

John 8:44

You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 1:24

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.

Luke 7:30

But the Pharisees and the experts in the law, not having been baptized by him, rejected God’s purpose for themselves.)

Mark 12:18

Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question, saying,

Mark 12:13

Then they sent to him some Pharisees and some Herodians to trap him in what he said.

Mark 8:15

And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out—beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

Matthew 22:34

When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together,

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said.

Matthew 12:24

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons, that this man casts out the demons.”

Matthew 5:20

For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Isaiah 59:5

They hatch adders’ eggs and weave the spider’s web; whoever eats their eggs dies, and the crushed egg hatches out a viper.

Genesis 3:15

I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Hebrews 6:18

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.

Matthew 15:12

Then the disciples approached and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you said?”

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law struggle against them.

Matthew 16:1

The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.