Rejoice not, all you Philistines, because the yoke of him that struck you is broken; for out of the seed of the serpent shall come forth the young asps, and their young shall come forth [as] flying serpents,

But at last [such a one] stretches himself out as one smitten by a serpent, and venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent.

But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.