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Matthew 12:34
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32 Anyone who aspeaks a word against the Son of Man, bit will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.  

A Tree Known by Its Fruit

33 “Either make the tree good and aits fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.  
34 aBrood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? bFor out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.  
35 A good man out of the good treasure1 of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.  
36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

The Scribes and Pharisees Ask for a Sign

38 aThen some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”  
39 But He answered and said to them, “An evil and aadulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.  
Verse Comparison: Matthew 12:34

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American Standard Version
Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Amplified® Bible
You offspring of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil (wicked)? For out of the fullness (the overflow, the superabundance) of the heart the mouth speaks.

Contemporary English Version
You are a bunch of evil snakes, so how can you say anything good? Your words show what is in your hearts.

Darby English Version
Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Good News Bible
You snakes---how can you say good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

International Standard Version
You children of serpents! How can you say anything good when you are evil? For the mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart.

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

New American Standard Bible
"You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

New International Version
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

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

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"You brood of vipers, how can you, having evil, speak good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

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

Young's Literal Translation
`Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.


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