Matthew 3:7
And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
6And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
8Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance.
Cross References
Psalms 58:3For in your heart you work iniquity: your hands forge injustice in the earth.
Isaiah 59:5They have broken the eggs of asps, and have woven the webs of spiders: he that shall eat of their eggs, shall die: and that which is brought out, shall be hatched into a basilisk.
Jeremiah 51:6Flee ye from the midst of Babylon, and let every one save his own life: be not silent upon her iniquity: for it is the time of revenge from the Lord, he will I render unto her what she hath deserved.
Ezekiel 33:3And he see the sword coming upon the land, and sound the trumpet, and tell the people:
Matthew 12:24But the Pharisees hearing it, said: This man casteth not out the devils but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
Matthew 15:12Then came his disciples, and said to him: Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard this word, were scandalized?
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 →