Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say good things [when you] are evil? For from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
New American Standard Bible
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.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
You children of serpents! How can you say anything good when you are evil? The mouth speaks about what overflows from the heart.
A Conservative Version
Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
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
An Understandable Version
You children of snakes! Since you are evil, how do you expect to speak good things? For the mouth speaks what the heart is filled with.
Anderson New Testament
Generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Common New Testament
You brood of vipers! how can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Daniel Mace New Testament
O degenerate race, how can ye, wicked as ye are, utter any thing that is good? for "'tis the overflowing of the heart that the mouth dischargeth."
Darby Translation
Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Godbey New Testament
O ye generations of vipers, how are you, being evil, able to speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Goodspeed New Testament
You brood of snakes! how can you, bad as you are, utter anything good? For the mouth says only what the heart is full of.
John Wesley New Testament
Ye brood of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Julia Smith Translation
O generation of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the month speaks.
King James 2000
O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Modern King James verseion
Offspring of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O generation of vipers, how can ye say well, when ye yourselves are evil? For of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.
Moffatt New Testament
You brood of vipers, how can you speak good when you are evil? For the mouth utters what the heart is full of.
Montgomery New Testament
"You generation of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. "When the time of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the vine-dressers seized to get his fruit.
NET Bible
Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.
New Heart English Bible
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
Noyes New Testament
How can ye, evil as ye are, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Sawyer New Testament
Offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
The Emphasized Bible
Broods of vipers! How can ye speak, good things, being, evil? For, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Ye broods of vipers, how can ye speak good things, yourselves being wicked? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Twentieth Century New Testament
You brood of vipers! how can you, evil as you are, say anything good? For what fills the heart will rise to the lips.
Webster
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.
Weymouth New Testament
O vipers' brood, how can you speak what is good when you are evil? For it is from the overflow of the heart that the mouth speaks.
Williams New Testament
You brood of vipers! How can you, wicked as you are, say anything that is good? For the mouth talks about the things that fill the heart.
World English Bible
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
Worrell New Testament
"Broods of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being yourselves evil? For, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
Worsley New Testament
O race of vipers, how can ye speak good things, who are yourselves so wicked? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Youngs 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.
Themes
Evil » Speech evil speaking » General references to
Heart » The unregenerate » Is a fountain of evil
Heredity » Evil influence of the wicked upon posterity
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Heals a demoniac
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a demoniac, and denounces the scribes and pharisees (in galilee)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals a demoniac
Offspring » Evil influence of the wicked upon posterity
Parent's sins » Visited upon children » Evil influence of the wicked upon posterity
Serpents » Evil men compared to
Speaking, evil » General references to
Speech » Evil, general references to
Interlinear
Agathos
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 12:34
Verse Info
Context Readings
Good Trees And Good Fruit Or Bad Trees And Bad Fruit
33 "Either make the tree good and its fruit [is] good, or make the tree bad and its fruit [is] bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. 34 Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say good things [when you] are evil? For from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good person from his good treasury brings out good [things], and the evil person from his evil treasury brings out evil [things].
Cross References
Luke 6:45
The good person out of the good treasury of his heart brings forth good, and the evil person out of [his] evil [treasury] brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
Matthew 23:33
Serpents! Offspring of vipers! How will you escape from the condemnation to hell?
Matthew 3:7
But [when he] saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "Offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Matthew 15:18
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the person.
James 3:5-8
So also the tongue is a small member [of the body] and boasts great [things]. Behold how small a fire sets ablaze how great a forest!
1 Samuel 24:13
Just as the ancient proverb says, 'From the wicked, wickedness goes out,' but my hand will not be against you!
Isaiah 32:6
For a fool speaks folly, and his {mind} does iniquity: to {behave wickedly}, and to speak error concerning Yahweh, to leave [the] throat of [the] hungry empty, and he deprives [the] thirsty [of] drink.
Luke 3:7
Therefore he was saying to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, "Offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Psalm 10:6-7
He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved {throughout all generations}, [during] which [I will have] no trouble."
Matthew 12:35
The good person from his good treasury brings out good [things], and the evil person from his evil treasury brings out evil [things].
John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father! That one was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own [nature], because he is a liar and the father {of lies}.
Ephesians 4:29
{No rotten word must proceed} from your mouth, but only something good for the building up of the need, in order that it may give grace to those who hear,
Psalm 52:2-5
Your tongue plans destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Psalm 53:1
[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt and they have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.
Psalm 64:3
who sharpen their tongue like a sword. They bend [their bow to shoot] their arrows--bitter words,
Psalm 64:5
They encourage themselves [in the] evil matter. They talk of secretly laying snares. They say, "Who will see them?"
Psalm 120:2-4
"Deliver my life, O Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue."
Psalm 140:2-3
who plan evil [things] in [their] heart. They stir up wars continually.
Isaiah 59:4
There is nobody {who pleads with} justice, and there is nobody who judges with honesty. They rely on nothing and speak vanity. They conceive trouble and beget iniquity;
Isaiah 59:14
And justice is pushed back, and righteousness stands afar; for truth stumbles in the public square, and straightforwardness is unable to enter,
Jeremiah 7:2-5
"Stand in the gate of the house of Yahweh and proclaim there this word, and say, 'Hear the word of Yahweh, all of Judah, [those who] enter through these gates to bow in worship to Yahweh.
Romans 3:10-14
just as it is written, "[There] is no one righteous, not even one;
1 John 3:10
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are evident: everyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, namely, the one who does not love his brother.