34Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things — being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.


In Context

31 Because of this I say to you, all sin and evil speaking shall be forgiven to men, but the evil speaking of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

32 And whoever may speak a word against the Son of Man it shall be forgiven to him, but whoever may speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is coming.

33 'Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known.

34 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.

35 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.

36 'And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

Matthew 12:34 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:34O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:34Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:34Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:34Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:34You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:34O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.