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D&C 121:23 · Matthew 23:33

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Doctrine and Covenants D&C 121:23
"a generation of vipers shall not escape the damnation of hell"
New Testament Matthew 23:33
"ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?"

Shared words: escape the damnation of hell

Both halves of the older question recur and the question becomes a statement: 'how can ye escape' becomes 'shall not escape'. 'generation of vipers' stands at exactly five distinct frozen verses in the corpus: Matthew 3:7, Matthew 12:34, Matthew 23:33, Luke 3:7, and this verse - and of the five only Matthew 23:33 and this one attach 'the damnation of hell'. The other four address the hearers directly as vipers; this verse uses the phrase about a third party. Counts are of distinct frozen verses in the corpus, derived by search at the time of writing.