Matthew 12:34
New American Standard Bible
34 (A)You [a]offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, express any good things? (B)For the mouth speaks from that which fills the heart.
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Matthew 12:34
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
34 O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
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Matthew 12:34-37
The Message
34-37 “You have minds like a snake pit! How do you suppose what you say is worth anything when you are so foul-minded? It’s your heart, not the dictionary, that gives meaning to your words. A good person produces good deeds and words season after season. An evil person is a blight on the orchard. Let me tell you something: Every one of these careless words is going to come back to haunt you. There will be a time of Reckoning. Words are powerful; take them seriously. Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation.”
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