Matthew 23:33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of h…”

Matthew 23:33

You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

World English Bible

You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?

American Standard Version

Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?

Geneva Bible 1599

O serpents, the generation of vipers, howe should ye escape the damnation of hell!

Darby Translation

Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the judgment of hell?

Young's Literal Translation

'Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna?

Bible in Basic English

You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?

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Cross references

“serpents”

Matthew 3:7 Matthew 12:34 Luke 3:7 Genesis 3:15 Psalm 58:3–5 John 8:44

Matthew 3:7 · BSB

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 12:34 · BSB

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

Luke 3:7 · BSB

Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Genesis 3:15 · BSB

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel. ”

Psalm 58:3–5 · BSB

The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

John 8:44 · BSB

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native langua…

“how”

Hebrews 2:3 Hebrews 10:29 Hebrews 12:25 Matthew 23:14

Hebrews 2:3 · BSB

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

Hebrews 10:29 · BSB

How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

Hebrews 12:25 · BSB

See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?

Also

Matthew 5:22 Matthew 23:13–15

Matthew 5:22 · BSB

But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to t…

Matthew 23:13–15 · BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.

34Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.

Read Matthew 23