Matthew 12:34
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.In other versions
Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
ASV
You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.
BBE
Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
DBY
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
WEB
`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.
YLT
O generation of vipers, how can all of you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
ENG
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.
WBT
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
BSB
In context
32And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
33Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35A 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.
36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.