Matthew 3:7
But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to receive his baptism, he said to them, “You children of snakes! Who has prompted you to seek refuge from the coming judgment?
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6and were baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
8Let your life, then, prove your repentance;
Cross References
Psalms 58:3The wicked go astray from the womb liars take the wrong path from their birth.
Matthew 12:24But the Pharisees heard of it and said, “He drives out demons only by the help of Beelzebul the chief of the demons.”
Matthew 15:12His disciples came up to him, and said, “Do you know that the Pharisees were shocked on hearing what you said?”
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 →