MAT 12:35 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) A good person produces good words out of their store of goodness, and an evil person produces evil words out of their store of evil.

Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT The good man from his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man from his evil treasure brings forth evil things.

UST Good people say good things because they think good things. Evil people say evil things because they think evil things.

BSB The 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.

BLB The good man out of his good treasure puts forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure puts forth evil things.

AICNT “The good person out of the good treasure [[of his heart]][fn] brings forth good, and the evil person out of the evil treasure brings forth evil.

12:35, of his heart: Later manuscripts add. TR

OEB A good person, from his good stores, produces good things; while an evil person, from his evil stores, produces evil things.

WEB The good man out of his good treasure[fn] brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.

12:35 TR adds “of the heart”

NET The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.

LSV The good man out of the good treasure of the heart puts forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure puts forth evil things.

FBV A good person brings out good from their store of good things, and an evil person brings out evil from their store of evil things.

TCNT The good person brings good things out of [fn]his good treasure, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasure.

12:35 his good treasure ¦ the good treasure of his heart TR

T4T Good people speak good things. That is like taking good things out of buildings where they are stored. But evil people speak evil things. That is like taking evil things out of buildings where they are stored.

LEB The good person from his[fn] good treasury brings out goodthings, and the evil person from his[fn] evil treasury brings out evilthings.

?:? Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

BBE The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things.

MOF No MOF MAT book available

ASV 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.

DRA A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of an evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

YLT The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things.

DBY 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.

RV 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.

WBS A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bringeth forth good things: and an evil man, out of the evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things.

KJB A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

BB A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bryngeth foorth good thynges: And an euyll man, out of euyll treasure, bryngeth foorth euyll thynges.
(A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bringeth/brings forth good things: And an evil man, out of evil treasure, bringeth/brings forth evil things.)

GNV A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth foorth good things: and an euill man out of an euill treasure, bringeth forth euill things.
(A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of an evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things. )

CB A good man out of the good treasure of his hert, bringeth forth good thinges: & an euel man out of his euell treasure, bringeth forth euell thinges.
(A good man out of the good treasure of his hert, bringeth forth good things: and an euel man out of his evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things.)

TNT A good man oute of the good treasure of his hert bringeth forth good thynges. And an evyll man out of his evyll treasure bringeth forth evyll thinges.
(A good man oute of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things. And an evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. )

WYC A good man bryngith forth good thingis of good tresoure, and an yuel man bringith forth yuel thingis of yuel tresoure.
(A good man bryngith forth good things of good tresoure, and an yuel man bringith forth yuel things of yuel tresoure.)

LUT Ein guter Mensch bringet Gutes hervor aus seinem guten Schatz des Herzens, und ein böser Mensch bringet Böses hervor aus seinem bösen Schatz.
(Ein guter person bringet Gutes out out of seinem guten Schatz the Herzens, and a böser person bringet Böses out out of seinem evil Schatz.)

CLV Bonus homo de bono thesauro profert bona: et malus homo de malo thesauro profert mala.[fn]
(Bonus human about bono thesauro profert bona: and malus human about malo thesauro profert mala.)

12.35 Bonus homo. Thesaurus cordis intentio est, ex qua Deus judicat opera, ut et aliquando minora majorem, majora minorem habeant mercedem. Hoc in loco, vel Judæos ostendit de quali thesauro proferant blasphemiam. Vel cum superioribus hæret, quod sicut bonus homo non potest proferre mala, vel malus bona, sic nec Christus mala, nec diabolus bona opera potest facere.

12.35 Bonus homo. Thesaurus cordis intentio it_is, ex which God yudicat opera, as and aliquando minora mayorem, mayora minorem habeant mercedem. Hoc in loco, or Yudæos ostendit about quali thesauro proferant blasphemiam. Vel when/with superioribus hæret, that like bonus human not/no potest proferre mala, or malus bona, so but_not Christus mala, but_not diabolus good opera potest facere.

UGNT ὁ ἀγαθὸς ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ θησαυροῦ ἐκβάλλει ἀγαθά; καὶ ὁ πονηρὸς ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ θησαυροῦ ἐκβάλλει πονηρά.
(ho agathos anthrōpos ek tou agathou thaʸsaurou ekballei agatha? kai ho ponaʸros anthrōpos ek tou ponaʸrou thaʸsaurou ekballei ponaʸra.)

SBL-GNT ὁ ἀγαθὸς ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ θησαυροῦ ἐκβάλλει ἀγαθά, καὶ ὁ πονηρὸς ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ θησαυροῦ ἐκβάλλει πονηρά.
(ho agathos anthrōpos ek tou agathou thaʸsaurou ekballei agatha, kai ho ponaʸros anthrōpos ek tou ponaʸrou thaʸsaurou ekballei ponaʸra. )

TC-GNT Ὁ ἀγαθὸς ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ [fn]θησαυροῦ ἐκβάλλει [fn]ἀγαθά· καὶ ὁ πονηρὸς ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ θησαυροῦ ἐκβάλλει πονηρά.
(Ho agathos anthrōpos ek tou agathou thaʸsaurou ekballei agatha; kai ho ponaʸros anthrōpos ek tou ponaʸrou thaʸsaurou ekballei ponaʸra.)

12:35 θησαυρου ¦ θησαυρου της καρδιας TR

12:35 αγαθα ¦ τα αγαθα TR

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-proverbs

ὁ ἀγαθὸς ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ θησαυροῦ ἐκβάλλει ἀγαθά; καὶ ὁ πονηρὸς ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ θησαυροῦ ἐκβάλλει πονηρά

the good person out_of his good treasure /is/_sending_forth good and the evil person out_of his evil treasure /is/_sending_forth evil

Here, Jesus uses or invents a proverb in order to teach that people say and do whatever they value and think about. Translate this proverb in a way that will be recognized as a proverb and be meaningful in your language and culture. Alternate translation: “A good man brings forth good things from his good treasure. Similarly, an evil man brings forth evil things from his evil treasure”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ὁ ἀγαθὸς ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ θησαυροῦ & ὁ πονηρὸς ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ θησαυροῦ

the good person out_of his good treasure & the evil person out_of his evil treasure

Although the terms man and his are masculine, Jesus is using the words in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use phrases that makes this clear. Alternate translation: “The good person from his or her good treasure … the evil person from his or her evil treasure”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

ὁ ἀγαθὸς ἄνθρωπος & ὁ πονηρὸς ἄνθρωπος

the good person & the evil person

The phrases The good man and the evil man represents good and evil men in general, not two particular men. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “Every good man … every evil man”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐκ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ θησαυροῦ ἐκβάλλει ἀγαθά & ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ θησαυροῦ ἐκβάλλει πονηρά

out_of his good treasure /is/_sending_forth good & out_of his evil treasure /is/_sending_forth evil

Jesus is speaking of the thoughts and desires of people as if they were their treasure that they bring forth when they act and especially when they speak. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable metaphor or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “from the good things that he values produces good things … from the evil things that he values produces evil things” or “from his good thoughts speaks good things … from his evil thoughts speaks evil things”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ θησαυροῦ & τοῦ πονηροῦ θησαυροῦ

his good treasure & his evil treasure

Here, the word treasure could refer to: (1) a place where treasures are kept or stored. Alternate translation: “his good treasury … his evil treasury” or “his storehouse of good things … his storehouse of evil things” (2) the treasures that the person has. Alternate translation: “his good treasures … his evil treasures”

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