When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees(A) coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?(B)

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

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22 But I tell you, everyone who is angry with his brother or sister[a] will be subject to judgment. Whoever insults[b] his brother or sister will be subject to the court.[c] Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to hellfire.[d](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 5:22 Other mss add without a cause
  2. 5:22 Lit Whoever says ‘Raca’; an Aramaic term of abuse that puts someone down, insulting one’s intelligence
  3. 5:22 Lit Sanhedrin
  4. 5:22 Lit the gehenna of fire

22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry(A) with a brother or sister[a][b] will be subject to judgment.(B) Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’[c] is answerable to the court.(C) And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:22 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman; also in verse 23.
  2. Matthew 5:22 Some manuscripts brother or sister without cause
  3. Matthew 5:22 An Aramaic term of contempt

34 Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow(A) of the heart.

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34 You brood of vipers,(A) how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks(B) what the heart is full of.

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