Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers… In former days, when a military company was to be called out, the notice delivered to each of the members was called " the warning." An officer, who was a Christian, having given the warning to a young man, was playfully accosted by another young man, who was not a member of the company, with a question, "Have you not a warning for me too?" The officer replied, "Yes, I have a warning for you: I want you to flee from the wrath to come." This unexpected reply proved an arrow from the Lord's quiver, and to it the young man ascribes his conversion. (Anon.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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? |
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