⁷ Many of the Pharisees and Sadducees came to the place where John was baptizing people. When John saw them, he said, “You ·are snakes [^Tbrood/offspring of vipers]! Who warned you to ·run [slither; ^Lflee] away from God’s coming ·punishment [wrath; retribution]?

⁴ [^LFor] John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to ·be married to Herodias [have her].”