‘generation of vipers.’ ”1 This explanation makes “this generation” meaningless. Jesus isn’t describing any time or any generation; He has the generation of His own day in mind: “All these things shall come upon this generation.… This generation will not pass away until all these things take place” (Matt. 23:36; 24:34). How could Jesus have said it more clearly? How could Jesus have better designated the generation to whom He was speaking? The “woes” of Matthew 23 and the destruction of the temple
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