The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:33-37
You wonder that I make so much of words; words are not trivialities, but are really the legitimate and normal fruit of the heart, and therefore by them each man will be judged. read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:33-37
The heart in the tongue. The subject of the Pharisees' blasphemy is continued in these verses. From them we learn— I. THAT THE LICENCE OF THE TONGUE IS A PREGNANT EVIL . 1 . It is fruitful in robbery. 2 . It is prolific in murder. 3 . It is emphatically diabolical. II. THAT THE CONQUEST OF THE TONGUE IS A WORTHY AMBITION . 1 . Words are the vehicles of thought. 2 . By words thought stirs worlds. 3 . What an engine... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:35
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart ; out of his good treasure (Revised Version), of the heart being added in the Received Text from Luke 6:45 . Treasure ( Matthew 2:11 , note). "Vere thesaurus est in quovis heroine, et copia latens" (Bengel); of. also Matthew 13:52 . Bringeth forth good things: and an ( the , Revised Version) evil man out of the ( his , Revised Version) evil treasure bringeth forth evil things . Bringeth forth ( ἐκβάλλει ,... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 12:34-35
O generation of vipers! - Christ here applies the argument which he had suggested in the previous verse. They were a wicked race; like poisonous reptiles, with a corrupt and evil nature. They could not be expected to speak good things - that is, to speak favorably of him and his works. As the bad fruit of a tree was the proper effect of its “nature,” so were their words about him and his works the proper effect of their nature. The “abundance” or fullness of the “heart” produced the words of... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:33-35
Matthew 12:33-35 . 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 tree; if the fruit be evil, so is the tree also. “Judge, therefore, by my works, of the power by which I work: if it be not a good work to heal the sick, and blind, and lame, and cast out devils, and preach repentance and forgiveness of sins, to convert and save souls, then God is not the author of them. If they be bad works,... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:22-45
52. Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:22-45; Mark 3:22-30; Luke 11:14-36)On one occasion when Jesus cast out demons, the Pharisees accused him of doing it by the power of Satan, the prince of demons (Matthew 12:22-24; Luke 11:14-16). Jesus replied that if the prince of demons used his own power to cast out demons, he would be creating civil war in his own kingdom. He would be destroying himself. The only way a strong man can be defeated is if a stronger man overpowers him. In casting out... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 12:35
A = The. treasure = treasury. the heart. All the texts omit "the heart". an = the. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 12:35
The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.This is an elaboration of what Christ had already said. Such full attention to the Pharisees' slanders endows the entire event with tremendous significance; and, when it is recalled that their sin consisted principally of "speaking against" Christ, the implication is mandatory that an evil mouth can damn the soul forever. Evil and unbelieving words are not... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 12:34-37
Matthew 12:34-37. O generation of vipers, &c.— Without attending to the context, and our Saviour's general argument, which he is here closely pursuing, interpreters have been strangely perplexed with the phrase every idle word, in Matthew 12:36., which many of them have considered as a distinct and separate injunction; whereas it is closely connected with that calumnious and blasphemous way of speaking, proceeding out of an evil heart, which our Saviour is so sharply condemning in the... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:33-35
Parallel passage: Luke 6:43-45 (cf. Matthew 7:16-18 , notes). read more