Meanings
brood of vipers; generation of vipers; address used by Jesus for the Pharisees and Sadducees (three times in Matthew), and by John the Baptist for the unregenerate Jews (Luke 3:7)
Ihr Schlangen und Otterngezücht, wie wollt ihr der höllischen Verdammnis entrinnen?Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? (Matthew 23:33)