¹³ As the old proverb says, “Wickedness comes from wicked people.”^(A) My hand will never be against you.

⁷ When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees^(A) coming to his baptism, he said to them, ‘Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?^(B)

³³ ‘Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell?^[a](A)

⁴⁵ A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

²⁹ No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need,^[a] so that it gives grace to those who hear.