Mat 12:34-37 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ You brood of vipers , how can you, being evil , speak what is good ? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart .

c 1 Sam 24:13; Is 32:6; Matt 12:34, 35; 15:18; Luke 6:45; Eph 4:29; James 3:2-12

d Prov 10:20, 21; 25:11, 12; Matt 13:52; Col 4:6

Matthew 12:34-37

34 ^a“You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak ^{▼▼ Lit good things}what is good? ^cFor the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. 35 ^d“The good man brings out of his good treasure ^{▼▼ Lit good things}what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure ^{▼▼ Lit evil things}what is evil. 36 “But I tell you that every ^{▼▼ Or useless}careless word that people ^{▼▼ Lit will speak}speak, they shall give an accounting for it in ⁱthe day of judgment. 37 “For ^{▼▼ Or in accordance with}by your words you will be justified, and ^{▼▼ Or in accordance with}by your words you will be condemned.”