Charles Ellicott Commentary Matthew 23:33

"Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?" — Matthew 23:33 (ASV)

You generation of vipers — Better, as in Matthew 3:7, brood, or progeny of vipers. The word of rebuke that had come before from the lips of the Baptist comes now, with even more intense keenness, from those of the Christ.

How can you escape? — Better, to maintain the parallelism with the Baptist’s words—a parallelism that was, we can hardly doubt, intentional—How should you flee from?