Matthew 3:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Many Pharisees and Sadducees also came to be baptized. But John said to them: You snakes! Who warned you to run from the coming judgment?

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

You and this woman will hate each other; your descendants and hers will always be enemies. One of hers will strike you on the head, and you will strike him on the heel.”

Proverbs 28:4

Lawbreakers praise criminals, but law-abiding citizens always oppose them.

Isaiah 59:5

You eat the deadly eggs of poisonous snakes, and more snakes crawl out from the eggs left to hatch. You weave spider's webs,

Jeremiah 51:6

Get out of Babylon! Run for your lives! If you stay, you will be killed when I take revenge on the city and punish it for its sins.

Jeremiah 6:10

I have told the people that you, LORD, will punish them, but they just laugh and refuse to listen.

Matthew 12:24

When the Pharisees heard this, they said, “He forces out demons by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons!”

Matthew 12:34

You are evil snakes, so how can you say anything good? Your words show what is in your hearts.

Matthew 15:12

Then his disciples came over to him and asked, “Do you know that you insulted the Pharisees by what you said?”

Matthew 16:1

The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tried to test him by asking for a sign from heaven.

Matthew 16:6

Jesus then warned them, “Watch out! Guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Matthew 22:15

The Pharisees got together and planned how they could trick Jesus into saying something wrong.

Matthew 22:23

The Sadducees did not believe that people would rise to life after death. So that same day some of the Sadducees came to Jesus and said:

Matthew 22:34

After Jesus had made the Sadducees look foolish, the Pharisees heard about it and got together.

Matthew 23:33

You are nothing but snakes and the children of snakes! How can you escape going to hell?

Matthew 5:20

You must obey God's commands better than the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law obey them. If you don't, I promise you that you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 12:13

The Pharisees got together with Herod's followers. Then they sent some men to trick Jesus into saying something wrong.

Mark 12:18

The Sadducees did not believe that people would rise to life after death. So some of them came to Jesus and said:

Mark 8:15

Jesus warned them, “Watch out! Guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod.”

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees really loved money. So when they heard what Jesus said, they made fun of him.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood over by himself and prayed, “God, I thank you that I am not greedy, dishonest, and unfaithful in marriage like other people. And I am really glad that I am not like that tax collector over there.

Luke 7:30

But the Pharisees and the experts in the Law of Moses refused to obey God and be baptized by John.

John 1:24

Some Pharisees had also been sent to John.

John 8:44

Your father is the devil, and you do exactly what he wants. He has always been a murderer and a liar. There is nothing truthful about him. He speaks on his own, and everything he says is a lie. Not only is he a liar himself, but he is also the father of all lies.

John 9:40

When the Pharisees heard Jesus say this, they asked, “Are we blind?”

Acts 15:5

But some Pharisees had become followers of the Lord. They stood up and said, “Gentiles who have faith in the Lord must be circumcised and told to obey the Law of Moses.”

Acts 20:31

Be on your guard! Remember how day and night for three years I kept warning you with tears in my eyes.

Acts 5:17

The high priest and all the other Sadducees who were with him became jealous.

Romans 1:18

From heaven God shows how angry he is with all the wicked and evil things that sinful people do to crush the truth.

Romans 5:9

But there is more! Now that God has accepted us because Christ sacrificed his life's blood, we will also be kept safe from God's anger.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

They also tell how you are waiting for his Son Jesus to come from heaven. God raised him from death, and on the day of judgment Jesus will save us from God's anger.

Hebrews 11:7

Because Noah had faith, he was warned about something that had not yet happened. He obeyed and built a boat that saved him and his family. In this way the people of the world were judged, and Noah was given the blessings that come to everyone who pleases God.

Hebrews 6:18

God cannot tell lies! And so his promises and vows are two things that can never be changed. We have run to God for safety. Now his promises should greatly encourage us to take hold of the hope that is right in front of us.

1 John 3:10

You can tell God's children from the devil's children, because those who belong to the devil refuse to do right or to love each other.