Matthew 12:35

A good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and an evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

In Context

34Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

36But I say to you, that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the Day of Judgment.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:52Then He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house who brings out of his treasure both new things and old.” 1 Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

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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