Matthew 3:7

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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 from the wrath to come?

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

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

Proverbs 28:4

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

Isaiah 59:5

They hatch adders' eggs, they weave the spider's web; he who eats their eggs dies, and from one which is crushed a viper is hatched.

Jeremiah 51:6

“Flee from the midst of Babylon, let every man save his life! Be not cut off in her punishment, for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance, the requital he is rendering her.

Jeremiah 6:10

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

Matthew 12:24

But when the Pharisees heard it they said, “It is only by Be-elzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”

Matthew 12:34

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

Matthew 15:12

Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”

Matthew 16:1

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

Matthew 16:6

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

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how to entangle him in his talk.

Matthew 22:23

The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him a question,

Matthew 22:34

But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they came together.

Matthew 23:33

You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?

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.

Mark 12:13

And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodi-ans, to entrap him in his talk.

Mark 12:18

And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him a question, saying,

Mark 8:15

And he cautioned them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

Luke 16:14

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

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Luke 7:30

but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)

John 1:24

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with 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 9:40

Some of the Pharisees near him heard this, and they said to him, “Are we also blind?”

Acts 15:5

But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up, and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.”

Acts 20:31

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

Acts 26:5

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

Acts 5:17

But the high priest rose up and all who were with him, that is, the party of the Sadducees, and filled with jealousy

Romans 1:18

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

Romans 5:9

Since, therefore, we are now justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.

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.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, took heed and constructed an ark for the saving of his household; by this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which comes by faith.

Hebrews 6:18

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God should prove false, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

1 John 3:10

By this it may be seen who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.