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Luke 3:7

NETBible	So John¹ said to the crowds² that came out to be baptized by him, “You offspring of vipers!³ Who warned you to flee⁴ from the coming wrath?
NIV © biblegateway Luk 3:7	John said to the crowds coming out to be baptised by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
NASB © biblegateway Luk 3:7	So he began saying to the crowds who were going out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
NLT © biblegateway Luk 3:7	Here is a sample of John’s preaching to the crowds that came for baptism: "You brood of snakes! Who warned you to flee God’s coming judgment?
MSG © biblegateway Luk 3:7	When crowds of people came out for baptism because it was the popular thing to do, John exploded: "Brood of snakes! What do you think you're doing slithering down here to the river? Do you think a little water on your snakeskins is going to deflect God's judgment?
BBE © SABDAweb Luk 3:7	So he said to the people who went out to him for baptism: You offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?
NRSV © bibleoremus Luk 3:7	John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
NKJV © biblegateway Luk 3:7	Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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KJV	Then <3767> said <3004> (5707) he to the multitude <3793> that came forth <1607> (5740) (5734) to be baptized <907> (5683) of <5259> him <846>_, O generation <1081> of vipers <2191>_, who <5101> hath warned <5263> (5656) you <5213> to flee <5343> (5629) from <575> the wrath <3709> to come <3195> (5723)_?
NASB © biblegateway Luk 3:7	So <3767> he began saying <3004> to the crowds <3793> who were going <1607> out to be baptized <907> by him, "You brood <1081> of vipers <2191> , who <5101> warned <5263> you to flee <5343> from the wrath <3709> to come <3195> ?
NET [draft] ITL	So <3767> John said <3004> to the crowds <3793> that came out <1607> to be baptized <907> by <5259> him <846> , “You offspring <1081> of vipers <2191> ! Who <5101> warned <5263> you <5213> to flee <5343> from <575> the coming <3195> wrath <3709> ?
GREEK	elegen <3004> (5707) V-IAI-3S oun <3767> CONJ toiv <3588> T-DPM ekporeuomenoiv <1607> (5740) V-PNP-DPM ocloiv <3793> N-DPM baptisyhnai <907> (5683) V-APN up <5259> PREP autou <846> P-GSM gennhmata <1081> N-VPN ecidnwn <2191> N-GPF tiv <5101> I-NSM upedeixen <5263> (5656) V-AAI-3S umin <5213> P-2DP fugein <5343> (5629) V-2AAN apo <575> PREP thv <3588> T-GSF melloushv <3195> (5723) V-PAP-GSF orghv <3709> N-GSF

NETBible

So John¹ said to the crowds² that came out to be baptized by him, “You offspring of vipers!³ Who warned you to flee⁴ from the coming wrath?

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “he”; the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²sn The crowds. It is interesting to trace references to “the crowd” in Luke. It is sometimes noted favorably, other times less so. The singular appears 25 times in Luke while the plural occurs 16 times. Matt 3:7 singles out the Sadducees and Pharisees here.

³tn Or “snakes.”

⁴sn The rebuke “Who warned you to flee…?” compares the crowd to snakes who flee their desert holes when the heat of a fire drives them out.