...yourselves, we have Abraham to our lather." Sahh he, " O, generation of vipers ! who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come, bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance." When John had told them that the axe was laid unto the root of the trees, and that every tree which...

...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 ? Bring forth, therefore, fruits meet for repentance." Matthew iii. 7, 8. " Then came also publicans (or tax-gatherers) to be baptized, and said unto him,...

...the most powerful religious orders among the Jews ! " O generation of vipers ! who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come ? Bring forth, therefore, fruits meet for repentance : And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father : for I say unto you, that...

...said to the Pharisees, as well as to the Sadducees, " O generation of vipers, who hath warned " you to flee from the wrath to come ? Bring " forth therefore fruits meet for repentance : and " think not to say within yourselves, We have " Abraham to our father."1 — Not long after,...

...of discouraging rather than attract*, ing followers. ' O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come ? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance.' His very next observation is directed against their most favourite and deeplyrooted prejudice^, and...

...his superior excellence was every where spread, and its praise resounded from every quarter; — when all men "mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ or not6;" — when the Sanhedrim sent a deputation of. priests and Levites to enquire into his claims...

...write, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Josephg." Thus in St. Luke, " The people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ or noth." Under the same impression " The Jews sent Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him (John)...

...said to the Pharisees, as well as to the Sadducees, " O generation of vipers, who hath warned " you to flee from the wrath to come ? Bring " forth therefore fruits meet for repentance : and " think not to say within yourselves, We have " Abraham to our father."1 — Not long after,...

...which he gave to the Jews, bv the mouth of John — " O, generation of vipers, who hath •warned you to flee from the wrath to come ? Bring forth, therefore, fruits meet for repentance," &c. "By their fruits ye shall know them ; do men gather grapes from thorns." or adultery and murder...

...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 ? Bring forth, therefore, fruits meet for repentance, and think not to say within yourselves ; We have Abraham to our father. For I say unto you, that God...