Matthew 3:7
Then, seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees arriving for his baptism, he said to them: “Progeny of vipers, who warned you to flee from the approaching wrath?
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6And they were baptized by him in the Jordan, acknowledging their sins.
8Therefore, produce fruit worthy of repentance.
Cross References
Psalms 58:3Rescue me from those who work iniquity, and save me from men of blood.
Isaiah 59:5They have ruptured the eggs of asps, and they have woven the webs of spiders. Whoever will eat of their eggs will die. For what has been incubated will hatch into a king snake.
Jeremiah 51:6Flee from the midst of Babylon! And let each one save his own life. Do not be silent about her iniquity. For it is the time of revenge from the Lord. He himself will repay her, in her turn.
Ezekiel 33:3and if he sees the sword approaching over the land, and he sounds the trumpet, and he announces to the people,
Matthew 12:24But the Pharisees, hearing it, said, “This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebub, the prince of the demons.”
Matthew 15:12Then his disciples drew near and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees, upon hearing this word, were offended?”
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 →