Matthew 3:7
But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to be baptized, he said to them, Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Noyes Bible
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In Context
6and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
8Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance,
Cross References
Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged, from their very birth; The liars go astray as soon as they are born.
Isaiah 59:5They hatch the eggs of the basilisk, And weave the web of the spider; He that eateth of their eggs dieth, And when one of them is crushed, a viper breaketh forth.
Jeremiah 51:6Flee ye out of Babylon, And save ye every man his life, That ye be not cut off in her punishment! For this is the time of Jehovah's vengeance; He will render to her a recompense.
Ezekiel 33:3and he seeth the sword coming on the land, and bloweth the trumpet, and warneth the people,
Matthew 12:24But the Pharisees, hearing it, said, This man doth not cast out the demons, except through Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.
Matthew 15:12Then come the disciples, and say to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard that 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 →