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
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.(A)
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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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