33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.(A) 34 You brood of vipers,(B) how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks(C) 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. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”(D)

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33  Either ē make poieō the ho tree dendron good kalos and kai · ho its autos fruit karpos good kalos, or ē make poieō the ho tree dendron rotten sapros and kai · ho its autos fruit karpos rotten sapros; for gar the ho tree dendron is known ginōskō by ek its ho fruit karpos. 34 You offspring gennēma of snakes echidna! How pōs can dynamai you , being eimi evil ponēros, speak laleō good agathos things ? For gar out ek of the ho abundance perisseuma of the ho heart kardia the ho mouth stoma speaks laleō. 35 The ho good agathos man anthrōpos brings ekballō good things agathos out ek of his ho good agathos treasure thēsauros, and kai the ho evil ponēros man anthrōpos brings ekballō evil things ponēros out ek of his ho evil ponēros treasure thēsauros. 36 But de I say legō to you hymeis that hoti on en the day hēmera of judgment krisis, people anthrōpos will give apodidōmi an account logos for every pas careless argos word rhēma they speak laleō. · ho 37 For gar by ek · ho your sy words logos you will be justified dikaioō, and kai by ek · ho your sy words logos you will be condemned katadikazō.”

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