Matthew 3:7 meaning and explanation
But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Matthew 3:7, Berean Standard Bible
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John the Baptist, preaching in the Judean wilderness, sees Pharisees and Sadducees arriving at the Jordan where he is baptizing. These were the two leading religious parties of the day, and his greeting is shockingly harsh: “brood of vipers,” a picture of snakes fleeing a brushfire.
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