Matthew 23:33

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • Matt 3:7 : 7 Now when he sawe many of the Pharises, and of the Sadduces come to his baptisme, he said vnto them, O generations of vipers, who hath forewarned you to flee from the anger to come?
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 O generations of vipers, howe can you speake good things, when ye are euill? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
  • Luke 3:7 : 7 Then said he to the people that were come out to be baptized of him, O generations of vipers, who hath forewarned you to flee from the wrath to come?
  • John 8:44 : 44 Ye are of your father the deuill, and the lustes of your father ye will doe: hee hath bene a murtherer from the beginning, and abode not in the trueth, because there is no trueth in him. When hee speaketh a lie, then speaketh hee of his owne: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
  • Matt 5:22 : 22 But I say vnto you, whosoeuer is angry with his brother vnaduisedly, shalbe culpable of iudgment; whosoeuer sayth vnto his brother, Raca, shalbe worthy to be punished by the Councill; whosoeuer shall say, Foole, shalbe worthy to be punished with hell fire.
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 I wil also put enimitie betweene thee and the woman, and betweene thy seede & her seede. He shall breake thine head, and thou shalt bruise his heele.
  • Ps 58:3-5 : 3 The wicked are strangers from ye wombe: euen from the belly haue they erred, and speake lyes. 4 Their poyson is euen like the poyson of a serpent: like ye deafe adder that stoppeth his eare. 5 Which heareth not the voyce of the inchanter, though he be most expert in charming.
  • Isa 57:3-4 : 3 But you witches children, come hither, the seede of the adulterer and of the whore. 4 On whome haue ye iested? vpon whome haue ye gaped and thrust out your tongue? are not ye rebellious children, and a false seede?
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I feare least as the serpent beguiled Eue through his subtiltie, so your mindes shoulde be corrupt fro the simplicitie that is in Christ.
  • Heb 2:3 : 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great saluation, which at the first began to be preached by the Lorde, and afterward was confirmed vnto vs by them that heard him,
  • Heb 10:29 : 29 Of howe much sorer punishment suppose ye shall hee be worthy, which treadeth vnder foote the Sonne of God, and counteth the blood of the Testament as an vnholy thing, wherewith he was sanctified, and doeth despite the Spirit of grace?
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye despise not him that speaketh: for if they escaped not which refused him, that spake on earth: much more shall we not escape, if we turne away from him, that speaketh fro heauen.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon, that olde serpent, called the deuil and Satan, was cast out, which deceiueth all the world: he was euen cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
  • Matt 21:34-35 : 34 And when the time of the fruite drewe neere, hee sent his seruants to the husbandmen to receiue the fruites thereof. 35 And ye husbandmen tooke his seruants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
  • Matt 23:13-15 : 13 Wo therefore be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites, because ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: for ye your selues go not in, neither suffer ye them that would enter, to come in. 14 Wo be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye deuoure widowes houses, euen vnder a colour of long prayers: wherefore ye shall receiue the greater damnation. 15 Wo be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye compasse sea and land to make one of your profession: and when he is made, ye make him two folde more the childe of hell, then you your selues.

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  • Luke 3:7-9
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    7 Then said he to the people that were come out to be baptized of him, O generations of vipers, who hath forewarned you to flee from the wrath to come?

    8 Bring foorth therefore fruites worthy amendement of life, and beginne not to say with your selues, We haue Abraham to our father: for I say vnto you, that God is able of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham.

    9 Nowe also is the axe layed vnto the roote of the trees: therefore euery tree which bringeth not foorth good fruite, shalbe hewen downe, and cast into the fire.

  • Matt 3:7-8
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    7 Now when he sawe many of the Pharises, and of the Sadduces come to his baptisme, he said vnto them, O generations of vipers, who hath forewarned you to flee from the anger to come?

    8 Bring foorth therefore fruite worthy amendement of life.

  • 34 Wherefore beholde, I send vnto you Prophets, and wise men, and Scribes, and of them ye shall kill and crucifie: and of them shall ye scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from citie to citie,

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    31 So then ye be witnesses vnto your selues, that ye are the children of them that murthered the Prophets.

    32 Fulfill ye also ye measure of your fathers.

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    33 Either make the tree good, and his fruite good: or els make the tree euill, and his fruite euil: for the tree is knowen by the fruite.

    34 O generations of vipers, howe can you speake good things, when ye are euill? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

  • 36 Verely I say vnto you, all these things shall come vpon this generation.

  • 17 For beholde, I will sende serpents, and cockatrices among you, which will not be charmed, and they shal sting you, sayth the Lord.

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    13 Wo therefore be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites, because ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: for ye your selues go not in, neither suffer ye them that would enter, to come in.

    14 Wo be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye deuoure widowes houses, euen vnder a colour of long prayers: wherefore ye shall receiue the greater damnation.

    15 Wo be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye compasse sea and land to make one of your profession: and when he is made, ye make him two folde more the childe of hell, then you your selues.

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    27 But he shall say, I tell you, I knowe you not whence ye are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquitie.

    28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac, and Iacob, and all the Prophets in the kingdome of God, and your selues thrust out at doores.

  • 42 And shall cast them into a fornace of fire. There shalbe wailing and gnashing of teeth.

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    15 Truely I say vnto you, it shall be easier for them of the lande of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of iudgement, then for that citie.

    16 Behold, I send you as sheepe in the middes of the wolues: be yee therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doues.

    17 But beware of men, for they will deliuer you vp to the Councils, and will scourge you in their Synagogues.

  • 50 And shall cast them into a fornace of fire: there shalbe wailing, and gnashing of teeth.

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    24 Ye blinde guides, which straine out a gnat, and swallowe a camell.

    25 Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye make cleane the vtter side of the cup, and of the platter: but within they are ful of briberie and excesse.

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    27 Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye are like vnto whited tombes, which appeare beautifull outward, but are within full of dead mens bones, and all filthines.

    28 So are ye also: for outwarde ye appeare righteous vnto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisie and iniquitie.

    29 Wo be vnto you, Scribes & Pharises, hypocrites: for ye build the tombes of the Prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

  • 47 Wo be to you: for ye builde the sepulchres of the Prophetes, and your fathers killed them.

  • 52 Which of the Prophets haue not your fathers persecuted? & they haue slaine them, which shewed before of the comming of that Iust, of whome ye are now the betrayers and murtherers,

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    14 Therefore it shall be easier for Tyrus, and Sidon, at the iudgement, then for you.

    15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heauen, shalt be thrust downe to hell.

  • 10 And now also is the axe put to the roote of the trees: therfore euery tree which bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewen downe, & cast into ye fire.

  • 41 Then shal he say vnto them on ye left hand, Depart from me ye cursed, into euerlasting fire, which is prepared for the deuill and his angels.

  • 37 For by thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, and by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.

  • 7 O hypocrites, Esaias prophecied well of you, saying,

  • 11 Ye shall conceiue chaffe, and bring forth stubble: the fire of your breath shall deuoure you.

  • 40 Beware therefore lest that come vpon you, which is spoken of in the Prophets,

  • 23 But he called them vnto him, and said vnto them in parables, How can Satan driue out Sata?

  • 5 I tell you, nay: but except ye amend your liues, ye shall all likewise perish.

  • 20 For I say vnto you, except your righteousnes exceede the righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharises, ye shall not enter into the kingdome of heauen.

  • 30 Cast therefore that vnprofitable seruant into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnasshing of teeth.

  • 22 But I say to you, It shalbe easier for Tyrus and Sidon at the day of iudgement, then for you.

  • 12 And the children of the kingdome shall be cast out into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • 3 And though they hide them selues in the toppe of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence: and though they be hid from my sight in the bottome of the sea, thence will I commande the serpent, and he shall bite them.

  • 44 Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye are as graues which appeare not, and the men that walke ouer them, perceiue not.

  • 38 Beholde, your habitation shalbe left vnto you desolate,

  • 31 And the Lord saide, Whereunto shall I liken the men of this generation? And what thing are they like vnto?

  • 26 Wo be to you when all men speake well of you: for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

  • 32 In the ende thereof it will bite like a serpent, and hurt like a cockatrise.

  • 31 The same day there came certaine Pharises, and said vnto him, Depart, and goe hence: for Herod will kill thee.