Matthew 3:7

Modern English Version

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who has warned you to escape from the wrath to come?

Cross References

Matthew 12:34

O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? 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 delivers us from the wrath to come.

Romans 1:18

The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth through unrighteousness.

Matthew 23:33

“You serpents! You generation of vipers! How can you escape the judgment of hell?

Romans 5:9

How much more then, being now justified by His blood, shall we be saved from wrath through Him.

Matthew 22:23

The same day the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,

Matthew 16:6

Then Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

1 John 3:10

In this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Whoever does not live in righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

John 9:40

Some Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, “Are we also blind?”

Jeremiah 51:6

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and each of you deliver his soul! Do not be cut off in her punishment, for this is the time of the vengeance of the Lord; He will render to her a recompense.

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom shall I speak and give warning that they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed, and they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the Lord is a reproach to them; they have no delight in it.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, being divinely warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to save his family, by which he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Acts 26:5

They knew me from the beginning and could testify, if they wished, how according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.

Acts 20:31

Therefore watch, remembering that for three years night and day I did not cease to warn everyone with tears.

Acts 15:5

Then some believers of the sect of the Pharisees rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the Law of Moses.”

Acts 5:17

Then the high priest and all those who were with him (that is, the sect of the Sadducees) rose up and were filled with jealousy.

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. 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 from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 1:24

Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood and prayed these things about himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men: extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things and derided Him.

Luke 7:30

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God for themselves, not having been baptized by John.

Mark 12:18

Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him, saying,

Mark 12:13

They sent to Him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians to trap Him in His words.

Mark 8:15

He warned them, “Take heed. Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

Matthew 22:34

When the Pharisees heard that He silenced the Sadducees, they came together.

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel to entangle Him in His words.

Matthew 12:24

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This Man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebub the ruler of the demons.”

Matthew 5:20

For I say to you that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will in no way enter the kingdom of heaven.

Isaiah 59:5

They hatch adders’ eggs and weave the spider’s web; he who eats of their eggs dies, and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.

Genesis 3:15

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

Hebrews 6:18

So that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

Matthew 15:12

Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended after they heard this saying?”

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.

Matthew 16:1

The Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing Him, asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.