Matthew 23:33

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.
  • Luke 3:7 : 7 So he said to the people who went out to him for baptism: You offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.
  • Matt 5:22 : 22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.
  • Ps 58:3-5 : 3 The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words. 4 Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut; 5 Who will not be moved by the voice of the wonder-worker, however great are his powers.
  • Isa 57:3-4 : 3 But come near, you sons of her who is wise in secret arts, the seed of her who is false to her husband, and of the loose woman. 4 Of whom do you make sport? against whom is your mouth open wide and your tongue put out? are you not uncontrolled children, a false seed,
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.
  • Heb 2:3 : 3 What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;
  • Heb 10:29 : 29 But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment?
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.
  • Matt 21:34-35 : 34 And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit. 35 And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.
  • Matt 23:13-15 : 13 But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back. 14 [] 15 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

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    7So he said to the people who went out to him for baptism: You offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

    8Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham.

    9And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.

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    7But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

    8Let your change of heart be seen in your works:

  • Matt 23:34
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    34For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town;

  • Matt 23:31-32
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    31So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to death.

    32Make full, then, the measure of your fathers.

  • Matt 12:33-34
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    33Make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for by its fruit you will get knowledge of the tree.

    34You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.

  • Matt 23:36
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    36Truly I say to you, All these things will come on this generation.

  • Jer 8:17
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    17See, I will send snakes and poison-snakes among you, against which the wonder-worker has no power; and they will give you wounds which may not be made well, says the Lord.

  • Matt 23:13-15
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    13But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

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    15A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

  • Luke 13:27-28
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    27But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.

    28There will be weeping and cries of sorrow when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are shut outside.

  • Matt 13:42
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    42And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

  • Matt 10:15-17
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    15Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.

    16See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

    17But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

  • Matt 13:50
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    50And will put them into the fire: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

  • Matt 23:24-25
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    24You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.

    25A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.

  • Matt 23:27-29
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    27A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.

    28Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing.

    29A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,

  • Luke 11:47
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    47A curse is on you! for you make resting-places for the bodies of the prophets, but your fathers put them to death.

  • Acts 7:52
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    52Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;

  • Luke 10:14-15
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    14But it will be better for Tyre and Sidon, in the day of judging, than for you.

    15And you, Capernaum, were you not lifted up to heaven? you will go down to hell.

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    10And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.

  • Matt 25:41
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    41Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:

  • Matt 12:37
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    37For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.

  • Matt 15:7
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    7You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,

  • Isa 33:11
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    11Your designs will be without profit, and their effect will be nothing: you will be burned up by the fire of my breath.

  • Acts 13:40
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    40So take care that these words of the prophets do not come true for you;

  • Mark 3:23
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    23And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?

  • Luke 13:5
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    5I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.

  • Matt 5:20
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    20For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.

  • Matt 25:30
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    30And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

  • Matt 11:22
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    22But I say to you, It will be better for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judging, than for you.

  • Matt 8:12
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    12But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.

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    3Though they take cover on the top of Carmel, I will go in search of them and get them out; though they keep themselves from my eyes in the bed of the sea, I will give orders to the great snake there and he will give them a bite:

  • Luke 11:44
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    44A curse is on you! for you are like the resting-places of dead men, which are not seen, and men go walking over them without knowledge of it.

  • Matt 23:38
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    38See, your house is made waste.

  • Luke 7:31
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    31What comparison am I to make of the men of this generation? what are they like?

  • Luke 6:26
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    26Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

  • Prov 23:32
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    32In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.

  • Luke 13:31
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    31At that time, certain Pharisees came to him and said, Go away from this place, because Herod's purpose is to put you to death.