Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, Ye offspring of vipers, who showed you to flee from the coming wrath?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6and they were immersed by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
8Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance.
Cross References
Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Isaiah 59:5They 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.
Jeremiah 51:6Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life. Be not cut off in her iniquity, for it is the time of LORD's vengeance; he will render to her a recompense.
Ezekiel 33:3if, when he sees the sword come upon the land, he blows the trumpet, and warns the people,
Matthew 12:24But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebub the ruler of the demons.
Matthew 15:12Then having come near, his disciples said to him, Know thou that the Pharisees were offended when they heard the saying?
Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:2-7
The Preaching of John the Baptist. 1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all… Read the whole commentary →