Matthew 12:34

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O generation of vipers! - Christ here applies the argument which he had suggested in the previous verse. They were a wicked race; like poisonous...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

generation . offspring or brood. Compare Matthew 3:7 ; Matthew 23:33 . evil. See App-128. out of. Greek. ek . abundance: or overflow.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

34. Offspring of vipers. The similarity between the tree and the fruit is here applied by Christ to nothing more than speech, because...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 -...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

O generation of vipers, &c.— Without attending to the context, and our Saviour's general argument, which he is here closely pursuing, interpret...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

'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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

O generation of vipers ,.... Though they boasted of their being the seed of Abraham, yet their immediate ancestors were no other than vipers, deceit...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sin against the Holy Ghost. 22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Scofield Reference Notes

generation Progeny. ( Matthew 3:7 ); ( Matthew 23:33 ).
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 12:1-40 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies ( Matthew 12:1-40 ); (2) from his relations (...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Kindred warnings:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 12:34

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 12:34