World English Bible
Matthew 12:35
“The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.”
Verse in context — Matthew 12
33
Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.
34
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
35
The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.
36
I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
37
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.
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