⁷ But when he saw many of the ^(A)Pharisees and ^(B)Sadducees coming for ^[a]baptism, he said to them, “You ^[b](C)offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from ^(D)the wrath to come?

²⁹ When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they acknowledged ^(A)God’s justice, ^(B)having been baptized with ^(C)the baptism of John. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and the ^[a](D)lawyers rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by ^[b]John.