Matthew 12:34
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
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ASV
Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
KJV
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| γεννήματα | gennēmata | Offspring | G1081 → |
| ἐχιδνῶν, | echidnōn | of vipers, | G2191 → |
| πῶς | pōs | how | G4459 → |
| δύνασθε | dunasthe | are you able | G1410 → |
| ἀγαθὰ | agatha | good things | G18 → |
| λαλεῖν | lalein | to speak | G2980 → |
| πονηροὶ | ponēroi | evil | G4190 → |
| ὄντες; | ontes | being? | G1510 → |
| ἐκ | ek | Out of | G1537 → |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 → |
| περισσεύματος | perisseumatos | overflow | G4051 → |
| τῆς | tēs | of the | G3588 → |
| καρδίας | kardias | heart | G2588 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| στόμα | stoma | mouth | G4750 → |
| λαλεῖ.¶ | lalei | speaks. | G2980 → |
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