Matthew 3:5-7
English Standard Version
5 Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him, 6 and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, (A)confessing their sins.
7 But when he saw many of (B)the Pharisees and (C)Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, (D)“You brood of (E)vipers! Who warned you to flee from (F)the wrath to come?
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Matthew 3:5-7
New American Standard Bible
5 At that time Jerusalem (A)was going out to him, and all Judea and all (B)the region around the Jordan; 6 and they were being (C)baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.
7 But when he saw many of the (D)Pharisees and (E)Sadducees coming for [a]baptism, he said to them, “You [b](F)offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from (G)the wrath to come?
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- Matthew 3:7 Later mss his baptism
- Matthew 3:7 Or brood
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