generation
Progeny. (Matthew 3:7); (Matthew 23:33).
O generation of vipers! - Christ here applies the argument which he had suggested in the previous verse. They were a wicked race; like poisonous...
(7) O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. (7) Hypocrites at l...
Jesus-' Answer to the Verdict of the Jerusalem Scribes, and the Intervention of His Family ( Mark 3:20-35 *, Luke 11:14-23 ; Luke 11:29-32 ; Lu...
generation . offspring or brood. Compare Matthew 3:7 ; Matthew 23:33 . evil. See App-128. out of. Greek. ek . abundance: or overflow.
34. Offspring of vipers. The similarity between the tree and the fruit is here applied by Christ to nothing more than speech, because...
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. O generation of vipers -...
O generation of vipers, &c.— Without attending to the context, and our Saviour's general argument, which he is here closely pursuing, interpret...
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. O generation of...
Plucking Corn on the Sabbath. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost 1-8. Plucking the corn on the sabbath ( Mark 2:23 ; Luke 6:1 ). This chapter begin...
The Pharisees accuse Jesus of being in league with Beelzebub ( Mark 3:22 cp. Luke 11:17-23 ; Matthew 9:32-34 ). The ridiculous charge of the Pha...
'The same argument applies to words. A man is known by his words. “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.” Your evil and venomous word...
O generation of vipers. — Better, as in Matthew 3:7 , brood of vipers. Here the law which had been pressed in its logical bearing in the precedi...
Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1-30 ; Matthew 12:1-50 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1-30 HITHERTO almost everything has been...
Slander from Evil Hearts Matthew 12:24-37 Spite and hatred absolutely blind the eyes and distort the judgment. They reached their climax in thi...
This chapter chronicles direct attacks on Christ. The first was petty and foolish. It is on the question of the Sabbath. The Master gives to His peop...
"O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh." I would beg the Reade...
O generation of vipers ,.... Though they boasted of their being the seed of Abraham, yet their immediate ancestors were no other than vipers, deceit...
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. Ver. 34. How can ye,...
Either make the tree good, and his fruit good , &c. That is, you must allow they are both good, or both bad: for if the fruit be good, so is the...
We have seen that Matthew groups events with a dispensational end in view, and chapter 12 shows a building up on Israel's part to a state of utter re...
The Sin against the Holy Ghost. 22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a...
See Poole on " Matthew 12:35 " .
Men Are Especially Known By Their Words (12:31-37). Having put right the Pharisees' wrong conception about Him He now warns them to beware what th...
“You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” ‘You, being evil.' Je...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 12:23 . Is not this the Son of David? —See “The Parallel New Testament” (1882). The “not” is omitted in both columns. It...
Matthew 12:2 . Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath- day. The pharisees did not find fault with eating a few ears of b...
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart, The treasures of a good and evil heart I. Describe the good treasure of the heart. 1. A g...
EXPOSITION Matthew 12:1-40 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies ( Matthew 12:1-40 ); (2) from his relations (...
Kindred warnings:
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
1 John 3:10 ; 1 Samuel 24:13 ; Isaiah 32:6 ; Isaiah 59:14 ; Isaiah 59:4 ; James 3:5-8 ; Jeremiah 7:2-5 ; John 8:44 ; Luke 3:7 ; Luke 6:45 ;...
In another kind likewise, the tree is known by its fruit — Namely, the heart by the conversation.
34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.