Matthew 3:7

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; They will strike at your head, while you strike at their heel.

Proverbs 28:4

Those who abandon instruction praise the wicked, but those who keep instruction oppose them.

Isaiah 59:5

They hatch adders’ eggs, and weave spiders’ webs: Whoever eats the eggs will die, if one of them is crushed, it will hatch a viper;

Jeremiah 51:6

Flee from Babylon; each of you save your own life, do not perish because of her guilt; This is a time of retribution from the Lord,

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom shall I speak? whom shall I warn, and be heard? See! their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot pay attention; See, the word of the Lord has become for them an object of scorn, for which they have no taste.

Matthew 12:24

But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man drives out demons only by the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons.”

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers, how can you say good things when you are evil? For from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 15:12

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

Matthew 16:1

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

Matthew 16:6

Jesus said to them, “Look out, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap him in speech.

Matthew 22:23

On that day Sadducees approached him, saying that there is no resurrection. They put this question to him,

Matthew 22:34

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

Matthew 23:33

You serpents, you brood of vipers, how can you flee from the judgment of Gehenna?

Matthew 5:20

I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Teaching About Anger.

Mark 12:13

They sent some Pharisees and Herodians to him to ensnare him in his speech.

Mark 12:18

Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and put this question to him,

Mark 8:15

He enjoined them, “Watch out, guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all these things and sneered at him.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity—greedy, dishonest, adulterous—or even like this tax collector.

Luke 7:30

but the Pharisees and scholars of the law, who were not baptized by him, rejected the plan of God for themselves.)

John 1:24

Some Pharisees were also sent.

John 8:44

You belong to your father the devil and you willingly carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 9:40

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

Acts 15:5

But some from the party of the Pharisees who had become believers stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and direct them to observe the Mosaic law.”

Acts 20:31

So be vigilant and remember that for three years, night and day, I unceasingly admonished each of you with tears.

Acts 26:5

They have known about me from the start, if they are willing to testify, that I have lived my life as a Pharisee, the strictest party of our religion.

Acts 5:17

Then the high priest rose up and all his companions, that is, the party of the Sadducees, and, filled with jealousy,

Romans 1:18

The wrath of God is indeed being revealed from heaven against every impiety and wickedness of those who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

Romans 5:9

How much more then, since we are now justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to await his Son from heaven, whom he raised from [the] dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the coming wrath.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, warned about what was not yet seen, with reverence built an ark for the salvation of his household. Through this he condemned the world and inherited the righteousness that comes through faith.

Hebrews 6:18

so that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to hold fast to the hope that lies before us.

1 John 3:10

In this way, the children of God and the children of the devil are made plain; no one who fails to act in righteousness belongs to God, nor anyone who does not love his brother.