34 (A)You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak [a]what is good? (B)For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. 35 (C)The good man brings out of his good treasure [b]what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure [c]what is evil. 36 But I tell you that every [d]careless word that people [e]speak, they shall give an accounting for it in (D)the day of judgment.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:34 Lit good things
  2. Matthew 12:35 Lit good things
  3. Matthew 12:35 Lit evil things
  4. Matthew 12:36 Or useless
  5. Matthew 12:36 Lit will speak

34 You brood of vipers,(A) how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks(B) what the heart is full of. 35 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. 36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.

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