Matthew 3:7

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Summary

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

The pharisees

O generation

Flee

Revelation 6:16

General references

Proverbs 27:12

Bible References

The pharisees

For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons."

Then the disciples came and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?"

Jesus said to them, "Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders,

And he cautioned them, saying, "Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."

And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk.

but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)

And the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.

The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayedthus: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)

The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why did you not bring him?"

Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?"

And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy

But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, "It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses."

Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial."

They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee.

O generation

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."

The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

But you, draw near, sons of the sorceress, offspring of the adulterer and the loose woman.

They hatch adders' eggs; they weave the spider's web; he who eats their eggs dies, and from one that is crushed a viper is hatched.

He said therefore to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world--he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Flee

Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

calling to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,

General references

The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.