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34 You offspring of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil (wicked)? For out of the fullness (the overflow, the [a]superabundance) of the heart the mouth speaks.

35 The good man from his inner good treasure [b]flings forth good things, and the evil man out of his inner evil storehouse [c]flings forth evil things.

36 But I tell you, on the day of judgment men will have to give account for every [d]idle (inoperative, nonworking) word they speak.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:34 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.
  2. Matthew 12:35 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  3. Matthew 12:35 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  4. Matthew 12:36 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

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