KJV:
Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
NASB:
"Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?
KJV:
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
NASB:
"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves.
KJV:
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
NASB:
"You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?
KJV:
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
NASB:
they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."
KJV:
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
NASB:
"Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.
KJV:
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
NASB:
"Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
KJV:
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
NASB:
"As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;
KJV:
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
NASB:
Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the serpents.
KJV:
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
NASB:
But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.