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Matthew 12:34

Progeny of vipers, how are you able to speak good things while you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

In Context

33Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree evil and its fruit evil. For certainly a tree is known by its fruit.

35A good man offers good things from a good storehouse. And an evil man offers evil things from an evil storehouse.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:13May the Lord judge between me and you. And may the Lord vindicate me from you. But my hand will not be against you.

Psalms 52:2They were corrupted, and they became abominable with iniquities. There is no one who does good.

Psalms 64:3Hear my prayer: all flesh will come to you.

Psalms 120:2My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Isaiah 32:6For a foolish man speaks foolishness and his heart works iniquity in order to accomplish deception. And he speaks to the Lord deceitfully, so as to empty the soul of the hungry and to take away drink from the thirsty.

Isaiah 59:14And judgment has been turned backwards, and justice has stood far away. For truth has fallen down in the street, and fairness was not able to enter.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:23-38

The Sin against the Holy Ghost. 22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or… Read the whole commentary →

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