33 Serpents, (A)brood[a] of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?

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  1. Matthew 23:33 offspring

33 You snakes, (A)you [a]offspring of vipers, how [b]will you escape the [c]sentence of [d](B)hell?

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  1. Matthew 23:33 Or brood
  2. Matthew 23:33 Lit are you to escape
  3. Matthew 23:33 Or judgment
  4. Matthew 23:33 Gr Gehenna

33 You [a]serpents, you spawn of vipers, how can you escape the penalty of hell?

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  1. Matthew 23:33 The serpent is the creature used by Satan to introduce evil into the Garden of Eden (Gen 3:1ff). Here Jesus continues the imagery of Satan as the serpent working through the religious leaders to continue the propagation of evil through deception, false teaching, and man-made laws and traditions which are given priority over God’s law.

33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers!(A) How will you escape being condemned to hell?(B)

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33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

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