Matthew 23:33 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?”

Matthew 23:33 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Matthew 23:33 in 6 Bible Translations

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Matthew 23:33 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?”

Matthew 23:33 — World English Bible

Matthew 23:33 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell? ”

Matthew 23:33 — American Standard Version

Matthew 23:33 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna?”

Matthew 23:33 — Young's Literal Translation

Matthew 23:33 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the judgment of hell? ”

Matthew 23:33 — Darby Translation

Matthew 23:33 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“O serpents, the generation of vipers, howe should ye escape the damnation of hell!”

Matthew 23:33 — Geneva Bible

Matthew 23:33 in Context — Matthew 23

31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

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What Does Matthew 23:33 Mean?

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