7He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be baptized by him, |You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?


In Context

4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, |The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.

5 Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.

6 All flesh will see God's salvation.'|

7 He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be baptized by him, |You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and don't begin to say among yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father;' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!

9 Even now the axe also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.|

Luke 3:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:7Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:7John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:7He said therefore to the multitudes that went forth to be baptized by him: Ye offspring of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:7He said therefore to the multitudes that went out to be baptized of him, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7He said therefore to the crowds which went out to be baptised by him, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:7He said therefore to the multitudes that went out to be baptized of him, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized by him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7Then said he to the multitudes coming forth to be baptised by him, 'Brood of vipers! who did prompt you to flee from the coming wrath?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:7Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?