32 Anyone who (A)speaks a word against the Son of Man, (B)it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.

A Tree Known by Its Fruit(C)

33 “Either make the tree good and (D)its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34 (E)Brood[a] of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? (F)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:34 Offspring

32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age(A) or in the age to come.(B)

33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.(C) 34 You brood of vipers,(D) how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks(E) what the heart is full of.

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