At that time Jerusalem (A)was going out to him, and all Judea and all (B)the region around the Jordan; and they were being (C)baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.

But when he saw many of the (D)Pharisees and (E)Sadducees coming for [a]baptism, he said to them, “You [b](F)offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from (G)the wrath to come?

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:7 Later mss his baptism
  2. Matthew 3:7 Or brood

People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan. Confessing their sins, they were baptized(A) by him in the Jordan River.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers!(B) Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?(C)

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