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34 [a](A)You brood of vipers, how can you say good things when you are evil? For from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

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  1. 12:34 The admission of Jesus’ goodness cannot be made by the Pharisees, for they are evil, and the words that proceed from their evil hearts cannot be good.

34 You brood of vipers,(A) how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks(B) what the heart is full of.

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33 (A)You serpents, you brood of vipers, how can you flee from the judgment of Gehenna?

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33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers!(A) How will you escape being condemned to hell?(B)

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[a]They hatch adders’ eggs,
    and weave spiders’ webs:
Whoever eats the eggs will die,
    if one of them is crushed, it will hatch a viper;(A)

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  1. 59:5–6 The eggs signify evil works, doing positive harm; the webs are devices that serve no useful purpose.

They hatch the eggs of vipers(A)
    and spin a spider’s web.(B)
Whoever eats their eggs will die,
    and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.

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