Luke 6:45

Luke chapter 6 · verse 45 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

Context

v.44For each tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.

v.45This passage

v.46And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 12:34

    Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

  • Jude 1:15

    to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

  • Psalms 59:7

    Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, say they, doth hear?

  • Psalms 64:3

    Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

  • Jeremiah 9:2

    Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

  • John 7:38

    He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.