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 John the Baptist begins to rebuke the Pharisees and Sadducees.
 
-# You offspring of poisonous snakes, who
+# You offspring of vipers, who
 
-This is a metaphor. Here "offspring" means "having the characteristic of." Poisonous snakes are dangerous and represent evil. This can be stated as a separate sentence. AT: "You evil poisonous snakes! Who" or "You are evil like poisonous snakes! Who" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
+This is a metaphor. Here "offspring" means "having the characteristic of." Vipers are a kind of dangerous snakes and represent evil. This can be stated as a separate sentence. AT: "You evil poisonous snakes! Who" or "You are evil like poisonous snakes! Who" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
 
 # who warned you to flee from the wrath that is coming?