Matthew 12:34 - Compare All Versions

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You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say.

Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow   of the heart.

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

“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.”

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, express any good things? For the mouth speaks from that which fills the heart.

You brood of vipers, how can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.