Luke 3:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Then said he to the multitudes coming forth to be baptised by him, `Brood of vipers! who did prompt you to flee from the coming wrath?

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 23:33 : 33 `Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna?
  • 1 Thess 1:10 : 10 and to wait for His Son from the heavens, whom He did raise out of the dead -- Jesus, who is rescuing us from the anger that is coming.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 `Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 that through two immutable things, in which `it is' impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before `us',
  • 1 John 3:8 : 8 he who is doing the sin, of the devil he is, because from the beginning the devil doth sin; for this was the Son of God manifested, that he may break up the works of the devil;
  • John 8:44 : 44 `Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father.
  • Acts 13:10 : 10 said, `O full of all guile, and all profligacy, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the right ways of the Lord?
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee -- the head, and thou dost bruise him -- the heel.'
  • Ps 58:4-5 : 4 Their poison `is' as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear, 5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.
  • Isa 59:5 : 5 Eggs of a viper they have hatched, And webs of a spider they weave, Whoso is eating their eggs doth die, And the crushed hatcheth a viper.
  • Matt 3:7-9 : 7 And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, `Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, 9 and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have -- Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham, 10 and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Matt 3:5-14
    10 verses
    95%

    5Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,

    6and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.

    7And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, `Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?

    8bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation,

    9and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have -- Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,

    10and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast.

    11`I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

    12whose fan `is' in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather his wheat to the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.'

    13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,

    14but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized -- and thou dost come unto me!'

  • Luke 3:8-10
    3 verses
    81%

    8make, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have a father -- Abraham; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham;

    9and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.'

    10And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, `What, then, shall we do?'

  • Matt 23:33
    80%

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

  • Matt 12:34
    75%

    34`Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.

  • Matt 3:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,

    2and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'

    3for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.'

  • Luke 3:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;

    16John answered, saying to all, `I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals -- he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;

  • Luke 3:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

    4as it hath been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths;

  • Luke 7:24
    71%

    24And the messengers of John having gone away, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John: `What have ye gone forth to the wilderness to look on? a reed by the wind shaken?

  • Mark 1:3-5
    3 verses
    71%

    3`A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,' --

    4John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

    5and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

  • Luke 7:31-32
    2 verses
    71%

    31And the Lord said, `To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

    32they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep!

  • Luke 3:12
    70%

    12And there came also tax-gatherers to be baptised, and they said unto him, `Teacher, what shall we do?'

  • Acts 13:24
    70%

    24John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;

  • Matt 11:7
    70%

    7And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, `What went ye out to the wilderness to view? -- a reed shaken by the wind?

  • Mark 1:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7and he proclaimed, saying, `He doth come -- who is mightier than I -- after me, of whom I am not worthy -- having stooped down -- to loose the latchet of his sandals;

    8I indeed did baptize you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

  • Luke 7:29
    70%

    29And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

  • Luke 3:6
    69%

    6and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'

  • Matt 23:36
    69%

    36verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

  • John 3:26
    69%

    26and they came unto John, and said to him, `Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'

  • Luke 11:29
    69%

    29And the multitudes crowding together upon him, he began to say, `This generation is evil, a sign it doth seek after, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet,

  • Luke 13:28
    69%

    28`There shall be there the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth, when ye may see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the reign of God, and yourselves being cast out without;

  • Jer 8:17
    69%

    17For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Matt 21:32
    69%

    32for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did believe him, and ye, having seen, repented not at last -- to believe him.

  • Matt 11:3
    68%

    3said to him, `Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?'

  • Eph 5:6
    68%

    6Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

  • Luke 1:17
    68%

    17and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.'

  • Matt 11:16-17
    2 verses
    68%

    16`And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades,

    17and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast.

  • John 1:25-26
    2 verses
    68%

    25and they questioned him and said to him, `Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?'

    26John answered them, saying, `I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me,

  • John 1:23
    68%

    23He said, `I `am' a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.'

  • Matt 7:15
    68%

    15`But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.