Animals
viper in Matthew 3
VY-per
This creature shows up in Matthew 3:7: “But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Matthew 3:7
“But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?”
What kids can learn
When you hear viper in Matthew, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Matthew 3:7 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Matthew 3:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ButwhenhesawmanyofthePhariseesandcomingforhisbaptism,hesaidto“Youoffspringofvipers,whowarnedyoutofleethewrathtocome?