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Matthew 12:33-37
Legacy Standard Bible

The Heart Is Revealed by Words

33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for (A)the tree is known by its fruit. 34 (B)You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak [a]what is good? (C)For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. 35 (D)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 (E)the day of judgment. 37 For [f]by your words you will be justified, and [g]by your words you will be condemned.”

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  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
  6. Matthew 12:37 Or in accordance with
  7. Matthew 12:37 Or in accordance with
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Matthew 12:33-37
Christian Standard Bible

A Tree and Its Fruit

33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit will be good, or make the tree bad[a] and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.(A) 34 Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow(B) of the heart. 35 A good person produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil person produces evil things from his storeroom of evil.(C) 36 I tell you that on the day of judgment(D) people will have to account(E) for every careless[b] word they speak.[c] 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

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  1. 12:33 Or decayed; lit rotten
  2. 12:36 Lit worthless
  3. 12:36 Lit will speak
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