But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

His

Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand.

that struck the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.

"Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down.

Then

and he is merciful to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down into the pit; I have found a ransom;

Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life,

who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard,

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for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice,