Matthew
12:34
O generation of vipers, how can
ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh.
a. NLT: 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.
b. NIV: You brood of vipers, how can
you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full
of.
c. Amplified Bible: You offspring of
vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil (wicked)? For out of the
fullness (the overflow, the superabundance) of the heart the mouth speaks.
d. A.S. Worrell Translation: “Broods
of vipers! How can ye speak good things, being yourselves evil? For, out of the
abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.”
1. “O generation of vipers…”
a. generation [1081 * gennema]
[Strong: offspring; by analogy, produce (literally or figuratively):--fruit,
generation.]
b. vipers [2191 * echidna] [Strong: of
uncertain origin; an adder or other poisonous snake (literally or
figuratively):--viper.]
1). Jesus was speaking to the same
group that was accusing him of being in league with Beelzebub, so he was
speaking the truth about these people.
a). Matthew 12:22-24 Then was brought
unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him,
insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
12:23 And all the people were amazed,
and said, Is not this the son of David?
12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it,
they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of
the devils.
2). John the Baptist used the same
language probably speaking to some of the same individuals.
a). Matthew 3:4-7 And the same John
had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his
meat was locusts and wild honey.
3:5 Then went out to him Jerusalem,
and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
3:6 And were baptized of him in
Jordan, confessing their sins.
3:7 But when he saw many of the
Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of
vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
2. “…how can ye, being evil,
speak good things?...”
a. can ye [1410 * dunamai] [Strong: of
uncertain affinity; to be able or possible:--be able, can (do, + -not), could,
may, might, be possible, be of power.]
b. being [5607 * on] [Strong: being:--be,
come, have.]
c. evil [4190 * poneros] [Strong: hurtful,
i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from 2556,
which refers rather to essential character, as well as from 4550, which
indicates degeneracy from original virtue); figuratively, calamitous; also
(passively) ill, i.e. diseased; but especially (morally) culpable, i.e. derelict,
vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) mischief, malice, or (plural) guilt;
masculine (singular) the devil, or (plural) sinners:--bad, evil, grievous,
harm, lewd, malicious, wicked(-ness).]
d. speak [2980 * laleo] [Strong: a
prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. utter
words:--preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter.]
e. good things [18 * agathos] [Strong:
a primary word; "good" (in any sense, often as noun):--benefit,
good(-s, things), well.]
3. “…for out of the abundance of
the heart the mouth speaketh.”
a. abundance [4051 * perisseuma]
[Strong: a surplus, or superabundance:--abundance, that was left, over and
above.]
b. heart [2588 * kardia] [Strong: prolonged
from a primary kar (Latin cor, "heart"); the heart, i.e.
(figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the
middle:--(+ broken-)heart(-ed).]
c. mouth [4750 * stoma] [Strong: the
mouth (as if a gash in the face); by implication, language (and its relations);
figuratively, an opening (in the earth); specially, the front or edge (of a
weapon):--edge, face, mouth.]
d. speaks [2980 * laleo] [Strong: a
prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. utter
words:--preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter.]
e. Whatever is in abundance in a
person’s heart will come out their mouth. This is why it is critical what we
allow into our heart. Israel was commanded to keep the Scripture in their heart
and meditate it always.
1). Deuteronomy 6:4-7 Hear, O Israel:
The Lord our God is one Lord:
6:5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
6:6 And these words, which I command
thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
6:7 And thou shalt teach them
diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine
house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when
thou risest up.
2). Joshua 1:8 This
book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate
therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is
written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt
have good success.
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