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Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt. For from the fruit the tree is known.
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Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
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The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings forth wicked things.
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But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:
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for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
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Then answered him some of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee.
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But he, answering, said to them, A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas the prophet.
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For even as Jonas was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, thus shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
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Ninevites shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas [is] here.
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A queen of [the] south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon [is] here.
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But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find [it].