Matthew 12:34
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.”
πονηρός
Evil, wicked, bad. Poneros. Deliver us from the evil one. The evil one has a name but no ultimate power. He operates only within the limits God permits. His defeat is certain.
καρδία
heart
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καρδία
Heart, inner self, the seat of life. Kardia. Create in me a pure heart O God. The heart is the control centre of life. What God changes in the heart changes everything else.
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στόμα
mouth
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στόμα
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)
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δύναμαι
are you able
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δύναμαι
To be able, to have power, to be capable. Dunamai. With God all things are possible. The limit of what is possible is not human ability but divine will.
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πῶς
how
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πῶς
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
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λαλέω
speaks.
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λαλέω
To speak, to talk, to utter. He spoke and it was done. The word of God is not silent. It is always speaking.
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ἔχιδνα
of vipers,
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ἔχιδνα
an adder or other poisonous snake (literally or figuratively)
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γέννημα
Offspring
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γέννημα
offspring; by analogy, produce (literally or figuratively)
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εἰμί
being?
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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περίσσευμα
overflow
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περίσσευμα
a surplus, or superabundance
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