Focused Passage

Matthew 12:33-37

The Lord of the Sabbath, the Servant of the Lord, and the Crisis of Unbelief

Matthew moves from Sabbath controversy in the grainfields, to Sabbath healing in the synagogue, to Isaiah’s Servant fulfillment, to the Beelzebul accusation and Jesus’ warning about blasphemy against the Spirit, to teaching on words and the heart, to the sign of Jonah and judgment against the generation, to the danger of empty reform, and finally to the true family of Jesus.

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33Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

35The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.

36But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

37For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

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Verse 33

Original words

-G2228ConjunctionMakeποιήσατεG4160Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person PluralaτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingulartreeδένδρονG1186Noun - Accusative Neuter SingulargoodκαλὸνG2570Adjective - Accusative Neuter SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionitsαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Neuter 3rd Person Singular-τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularfruitκαρπὸνG2590Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular[will be] goodκαλόνG2570Adjective - Accusative Masculine SingularorG2228ConjunctionmakeποιήσατεG4160Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person PluralaτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingulartreeδένδρονG1186Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularbadσαπρὸνG4550Adjective - Accusative Neuter SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionitsαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Neuter 3rd Person Singular-τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularfruitκαρπὸνG2590Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular[will be] badσαπρόνG4550Adjective - Accusative Masculine SingularforγὰρG1063ConjunctionaτὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter SingulartreeδένδρονG1186Noun - Nominative Neuter Singularis knownγινώσκεταιG1097Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularbyἐκG1537Preposition[its]τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularfruitκαρποῦG2590Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 34

Original words

You broodγεννήματαG1081Noun - Vocative Neuter Pluralof vipersἐχιδνῶνG2191Noun - Genitive Feminine PluralhowπῶςG4459Adverbcan youδύνασθεG1410Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Pluralwho areὄντεςG1510Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralevilπονηροὶG4190Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralsayλαλεῖνG2980Verb - Present Infinitive Activeanything goodἀγαθὰG18Adjective - Accusative Neuter PluralForγὰρG1063Conjunctionout ofἐκG1537PrepositiontheτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularoverflowπερισσεύματοςG4051Noun - Genitive Neuter Singularof theτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularheartκαρδίαςG2588Noun - Genitive Feminine SingulartheτὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter SingularmouthστόμαG4750Noun - Nominative Neuter SingularspeaksλαλεῖG2980Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Verse 35

Original words

TheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingulargoodἀγαθὸςG18Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularmanἄνθρωποςG444Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularbringsἐκβάλλειG1544Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singulargood thingsἀγαθάG18Adjective - Accusative Neuter Pluralout ofἐκG1537PrepositionhisτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingulargoodἀγαθοῦG18Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singularstore of treasureθησαυροῦG2344Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctiontheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularevilπονηρὸςG4190Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularmanἄνθρωποςG444Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularbringsἐκβάλλειG1544Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularevil thingsπονηράG4190Adjective - Accusative Neuter Pluralout ofἐκG1537PrepositionhisτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularevilπονηροῦG4190Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singularstore of treasureθησαυροῦG2344Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 36

Original words

ButδὲG1161ConjunctionI tellλέγωG3004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularyouὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralthatοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralmenἄνθρωποιG444Noun - Nominative Masculine Pluralwill giveἀποδώσουσινG591Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Pluralan accountλόγονG3056Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular-περὶG4012Preposition-αὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Neuter 3rd Person SingularonἐνG1722Preposition[the] dayἡμέρᾳG2250Noun - Dative Feminine Singularof judgmentκρίσεωςG2920Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularforὅτιG3754ConjunctioneveryπᾶνG3956Adjective - Accusative Neuter SingularcarelessἀργὸνG692Adjective - Accusative Neuter SingularwordῥῆμαG4487Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular-G3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singularthey have spokenλαλήσουσινG2980Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Verse 37

Original words

ForγὰρG1063ConjunctionbyἐκG1537PrepositionyourσουG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular-τῶνG3588Article - Genitive Masculine PluralwordsλόγωνG3056Noun - Genitive Masculine Pluralyou will be acquittedδικαιωθήσῃG1344Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 2nd Person SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionbyἐκG1537PrepositionyourσουG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular-τῶνG3588Article - Genitive Masculine PluralwordsλόγωνG3056Noun - Genitive Masculine Pluralyou will be condemnedκαταδικασθήσῃG2613Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 2nd Person Singular

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