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Matthew 12:35

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12:35The good person51 brings good things out of his52 good treasury,53 and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.

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Footnotes

  1. 51 The Greek text reads here ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos). The term is generic referring to any person.
  2. 52 Grk “the”; the Greek article has been translated here and in the following clause (“his evil treasury”) as a possessive pronoun ( ).
  3. 53 The treasury here is a metaphorical reference to a person’s heart (cf. θησαυρός 1.b and the parallel passage in Luke 6:45).

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.

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.

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.

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The good person from his good treasury brings out good things, and the evil person from his evil treasury brings out evil things.

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.