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.
Matthew 23:33 - The Text-Critical English New Testament You serpents, you brood of vipers! How will you escape being sentenced to hell? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You serpents! You spawn of vipers! How can you escape the penalty to be suffered in hell (Gehenna)? American Standard Version (1901) Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell? Common English Bible You snakes! You children of snakes! How will you be able to escape the judgment of hell? Catholic Public Domain Version You serpents, you brood of vipers! How will you escape from the judgment of Hell? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You serpents, generation of vipers, how will you flee from the judgment of hell? |
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.
But when John 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?
But I say to you that everyone who is rashly angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Yoʋ idiot,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. And whoever says, ‘Yoʋ fool,’ will be subject to the fires of hell.
John said to the crowds that were coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
You belong to your father the devil, and you want to carry out 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 speaks lies, he speaks from his own character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds will be led astray from simple devotion to Christ.
How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by someone who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
See to it that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if the people did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, and it was confirmed to us by those who heard him.
The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.