Mateus 12:34

34 Raça de víboras! como podeis vós falar coisas boas, sendo maus? pois do que há em abundância no coração, disso fala a boca.

Mateus 12:34 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 12:34

O generation of vipers
Though they boasted of their being the seed of Abraham, yet their immediate ancestors were no other than vipers, deceitful, hurtful, poisonous creatures; and they were exactly like them: for though they made a fair show in the flesh, and outwardly appeared righteous, yet were inwardly full of the poison of wickedness, envy and malice; and which their pestilential breath, their blasphemy against the Spirit, fully discovered; and gave just cause and reason for so severe a reproof, and such resentment, as here made by Christ.

How can ye, being evil, speak good things?
This is not to be expected, nor is it commonly and constantly done; an evil man may sometimes speak good things, or which seem to be so; but these are not his common talk; as he is, so, for the most part, is his language; his speech betrays him: and since these men were by nature evil, were destitute of the Spirit and grace of God, had no good thing in them, how should any good thing come out of them? And since they were so full of wickedness, spite and malice, it is no wonder that they belched out such blasphemous expressions concerning the miracles of Christ;

for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh:
a phrase much like this is used by the Septuagint, in ( Ecclesiastes 2:15 ) . "I spoke abundance", or "much in my heart"; (dioto o afrwn ek perisseumatov) (lalei) , "for the fool out of his abundance speaketh": as there is abundance of folly in him, there is much delivered out by him; and where there is abundance of wickedness in the heart, if the grace of God is wanting to restrain it, much of it will come out by the lips; as is a man's heart, ordinarily is his language.

Mateus 12:34 In-Context

32 Se alguém disser alguma palavra contra o Filho do homem, isso lhe será perdoado; mas se alguém falar contra o Espírito Santo, não lhe será perdoado, nem neste mundo, nem no vindouro.

33 Ou fazei a árvore boa, e o seu fruto bom; ou fazei a árvore má, e o seu fruto mau; porque pelo fruto se conhece a árvore.

34 Raça de víboras! como podeis vós falar coisas boas, sendo maus? pois do que há em abundância no coração, disso fala a boca.

35 O homem bom, do seu bom tesouro tira coisas boas, e o homem mau do mau tesouro tira coisas más.

36 Digo-vos, pois, que de toda palavra fútil que os homens disserem, hão de dar conta no dia do juízo.