Luke 3:5-7

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⁵Every valley shall be filled,
and every mountain and hill shall be brought low,
and the crooked shall be made straight,
and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
⁶and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.”

⁷He said therefore to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers!^[a] Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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3.7 brood of vipers: This epithet seems to have been directed mainly at the Pharisees; cf. Mt 3.7.

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