³⁴Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say good things when you^* are evil? For from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. ³⁵The good person from his^g good treasury brings out good things, and the evil person from his^h evil treasury brings out evil things.

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Footnotes

*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are”) which is understood as temporal
gLiterally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
hLiterally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart. A good person produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil person produces evil things from his storeroom of evil.

NLTNew Living Translation

You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say. A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart.

KJV 1900King 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. 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.

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