But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit {shall be} a fiery flying serpent. {cockatrice: or, adder}

Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust {shall be} a spider's web. {web: Heb. house}

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. {an...: or, a cockatrice}

Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust {shall be} a spider's web. {web: Heb. house}

The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness {shall be} a sure reward.

Then 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?

For the bed is shorter than that {a man} can stretch himself {on it}: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself {in it}.

And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. {cockatrice': or, adder's}

Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand {is} a right hand of falsehood.

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. {an...: or, a cockatrice}

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid {them} on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.