Matthew 12:34
“O generation of vipers, how can ye, being euil, speake good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.”
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Matthew 12:34 Context
32And whosoeuer speaketh a word against the sonne of man, it shall be forgiuen him: but whosoeuer speaketh against the holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiuen him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. 33Either make the tree good, and his fruit good: Or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: For the tree is knowen by his fruit. 34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being euil, speake good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart, bringeth foorth good things: and an euill man out of the euill treasure, bringeth foorth euill things. 36But I say vnto you, That euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue accompt thereof in the day of Iudgement.
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Other Translations for Matthew 12:34
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
- King James Version
"You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
- American Standard Version (1901)
You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.
- Basic English Bible
Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
- Darby Bible
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.
- Webster's Bible
O vipers' brood, how can you speak what is good when you are evil? For it is from the overflow of the heart that the mouth speaks.
- Weymouth Bible
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
- World English Bible
Ye generacioun of eddris, hou moun ye speke goode thingis, whanne ye ben yuele? For the mouth spekith of plente of the herte.
- Wycliffe Bible
`Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Matthew 12:34
12:34 In another kind likewise, the tree is known by its fruit - Namely, the heart by the conversation.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 12:34
Mt 12:34,35 Generation of vipers. Poisonous, evil and dangerous, like vipers. How can ye, etc.? Their hearts were thoroughly evil, hence they could only speak and do evil, for "out of the good treasure of the heart the mouth speaketh". On the other hand, the "good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things".