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Matthew 12:35
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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 12:35

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American Standard Version
The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

Amplified® Bible
The good man from his inner good treasure flings forth good things, and the evil man out of his inner evil storehouse flings forth evil things.

Contemporary English Version
Good people bring good things out of their hearts, but evil people bring evil things out of their hearts.

Darby English Version
The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings forth wicked things.

Good News Bible
A good person brings good things out of a treasure of good things; a bad person brings bad things out of a treasure of bad things.

International Standard Version
A good person brings good things out of a good treasure, and an evil person brings evil things out of an evil treasure.

King James Version
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

New American Standard Bible
"The good man brings out of {his} good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of {his} evil treasure what is evil.

New International Version
The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.

New King James Version
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"The good man brings out of his good treasure that which we know as good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what we know as evil.

Revised Standard Version
The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

Young's Literal Translation
The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things.


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