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. ³⁶But I tell you that every worthless word that they speak, people will give an account for it on the day of judgment!

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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

The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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. But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A good person produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil person produces evil things from his storeroom of evil. I tell you that on the day of judgment people will have to account for every careless word they speak.

NLTNew Living Translation

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. And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment day for every idle word you speak.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

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