Ye offspring of vipers (γεννηματα εχιδνων). These same terrible words the Baptist had used to the Pharisees and Sadducees who came…

O generation of vipers. Christ here applies the argument which he had suggested in the previous verse. They were a wicked race; like poiso…

O generation of vipers — A better translation, as in Matthew 3:7, is brood of vipers. Here, the principle established in …

Our Lord accuses them of being evil. He repeats John’s words, O generation of vipers! They had spoken evil. How could they do oth…

St. John Chrysostom: After His former answers, He again refutes them here in another way. He does this not to do away with the…

Jesus tells his hearers to make a tree good or bad, knowing that its fruit will be correspondingly good or bad, because a tree is recognized by its…

Offspring of vipers. The similarity between the tree and the fruit is here applied by Christ to nothing more than speech…

O generation of vipers
Though they boasted of their being the seed of Abraham, yet their immediate ancestors were no…

A person's language reveals what country they are from and, likewise, what manner of spirit they possess. The heart is the fountain; words are the …

Above, the Lord refuted those who were slandering both His doctrine and His life; here, however, He refutes those who disparage His miracles. And f…