Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to him for baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath that is coming?
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6They were baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.
8Bear fruit worthy of repentance.
Cross References
Psalms 58:3The wicked go astray even when they are in the womb; 1 they go astray from birth, speaking lies. 1
Isaiah 59:5They hatch eggs of a poisonous snake and weave a spider's web. 1 Whoever eats of their eggs dies, and if an egg is crushed, it hatches into a poisonous snake. 1
Jeremiah 51:6Flee from the midst of Babylon; let each man save himself. Do not perish in her iniquity. 1 For it is the time of Yahweh's vengeance. He will repay all of it to her. 1
Ezekiel 33:3He looks for the sword as it comes on the land, and he blows his horn to warn the people!
Matthew 12:24But when the Pharisees heard of this miracle, they said, “This man does not cast out demons except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
Matthew 15:12Then the disciples came and said to Jesus, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?”
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 →