Jesus Went Full Scorched Earth on the Religious Elite.
Matthew 23 — Jesus stopped being subtle and went full scorched earth
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Jesus called the Pharisees a 'brood of vipers' — the same word used for Satan in the garden — and asked how they'd escape Hell. Most savage callout in all of Scripture.
📢 Chapter 23 — The Receipts ⚡
This is the chapter where stopped being subtle. He'd been going back and forth with the and for a while now — , trick questions, theological debates. But in 23, He turned to the crowds and His and laid it all out in public. No riddles. No stories. Just straight, unfiltered truth about the religious leaders who were supposed to be guiding people to God but were doing the exact opposite.