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Verse 34. _O GENERATION OF VIPERS_] These are apparently severe words;
but they were extremely proper in reference to that execrable people
to whom they were addressed: the whole verse is an inference...
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O GENERATION OF VIPERS! - Christ here applies the argument which he
had suggested in the previous verse. They were a wicked race; like
poisonous reptiles, with a corrupt and evil nature. They could no...
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9. THE REJECTION CONSUMMATED AND THE BROKEN RELATIONSHIP.
CHAPTER 12
1. The Hungry Disciples and the Accusing Pharisees. (Matthew 12:1 .)
2. The Man with the Withered Hand Healed.(Matthew 12:10 .) 3...
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JESUS-' ANSWER TO THE VERDICT OF THE JERUSALEM SCRIBES, AND THE
INTERVENTION OF HIS FAMILY (Mark 3:20 *, Luke 11:14; Luke 11:29; Luke
12:10;...
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"You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil speak good things? For
it is from the overflow of the heart that the mouth speaks. The good
man brings out good things from his good treasure house; and...
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CRISIS (Matthew 12:1-50)
In Matthew 12:1-50 we read the history of a series of crucial events
in the life of Jesus. In every man's life there are decisive moments,
times and events on which the whole...
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GENERATION. offspring or brood. Compare Matthew 3:7; Matthew 23:33.
EVIL. See App-128.
OUT OF. Greek. _ek_.
ABUNDANCE: or overflow....
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_generation of vipers_ Cp. ch. Matthew 3:7.
_abundance_ The same Greek word is translated, "that which was left,"
Mark 8:8. Words are, as it were, the overflow of the heart....
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BLASPHEMING AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST...
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ΓΕΝΝΉΜΑΤΑ ἘΧΙΔΝΩ͂Ν. Cp. ch. Matthew 3:7. Here the
argument is turned round against the Pharisees: ‘your words and
works are evil, and spring from an evil source.’
The burst of indignation after an ar...
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VER 33. "EITHER MAKE THE TREE GOOD, AND HIS FRUIT GOOD; OR ELSE MAKE
THE TREE CORRUPT, AND HIS FRUIT CORRUPT: FOR THE TREE IS KNOWN BY HIS
FRUIT. 34. O GENERATION OF VIPERS, HOW CAN YE, BEING EVIL, SP...
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_THE WARNING FROM THE SAVIOR MATTHEW 12:22-37:_ After Jesus healed the
demon-possessed man the multitude asked, "could this be the Son of
David?" (Matthew 12:23) The Pharisees spoke scornfully of the...
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ΓΕΝΝΉΜΑΤΑ порождение, ребенок,
потомство,
ΈΧΙΔΝΏΝ _gen. pl. от_ ΈΧΙΔΝΑ (G2191) гадюка,
змея. Описательный _gen._: "выводок гадюк"
жгучее осуждение лицемерия фарисеев
(Hill),
ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΎΜΑΤΟΣ _gen. pl._...
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O GENERATION OF VIPERS, &C.— Without attending to the context, and
our Saviour's general argument, which he is here closely pursuing,
interpreters have been strangely perplexed with the phrase _every...
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Section 28
JESUS ANSWERS THE CHARGE OF BEING IN LEAGUE WITH SATAN
(Parallel: Mark 3:19-30)
TEXT: 12:22-37
22.
Then was brought unto him one possessed with a demon, blind and dumb:
and he healed hi...
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O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things?
for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
O GENERATION OF VIPERS (see the note at ).
HOW CAN YE, BEING EVIL, SPE...
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24 It is usual to associate this chief of the demons with the god of
Ekron, called Baalzebub, _ Owner _ or _ Lord of Flies _ (2Ki_1:2).
This the Septuagint renders _ Baal muian, Baal fly_. But all the...
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PLUCKING CORN ON THE SABBATH. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST
1-8. Plucking the corn on the sabbath (Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1). This
chapter begins the period of active conflict with the Pharisees. It is...
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THE PHARISEES ACCUSE JESUS OF BEING IN LEAGUE WITH BEELZEBUB (Mark
3:22 cp. Luke 11:17; Matthew 9:32). The ridiculous charge of the
Pharisees is strong evidence of the genuineness of Christ's miracles...
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'The same argument applies to words. A man is known by his words.
“Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.” Your evil
and venomous words, declaring that I have an evil spirit, and work M...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 12
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE GOD’S REST DAY 12:1-14
Matthew gives two examples of the ‘*yoke’ of the *Jewish law:
1. The *disciples...
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O GENERATION OF VIPERS. — Better, as in Matthew 3:7, _brood of
vipers._ Here the law which had been pressed in its logical bearing in
the preceding verse, is brought in to explain the bitter and evil...
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Chapter 10
The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1; Matthew 12:1
I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1
HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our
Evangelist's record of the Saviour'...
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Γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν, _vide_ Matthew 3:7. John and
Jesus agree in thinking the Pharisees a viper-brood. Both conceive
them as morally hopeless. The Baptist wonders that they should come to
a baptism of r...
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_Kindred Logia_. With the word concerning blasphemy the self-defence
of Jesus against Pharisaic calumny reached its culmination and
probably (as in Mark's report) its close. The sentences following se...
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_Demoniac healed and Pharisaic calumny repelled_ (Mark 3:22-30; Luke
11:14-23 _cf._ Matthew 9:32-34). The healing of a blind and dumb
demoniac has its place here not for its own sake, as a miracle, bu...
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SLANDER FROM EVIL HEARTS
Matthew 12:24-37
Spite and hatred absolutely blind the eyes and distort the judgment.
They reached their climax in this effort of the Pharisees to discredit
Christ. They coul...
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This chapter chronicles direct attacks on Christ. The first was petty
and foolish. It is on the question of the Sabbath. The Master gives to
His people the true conception of the sanctity of the Sabba...
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(7) O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things?
for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
(7) Hypocrites at length betray themselves even by their own mouth....
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As the Pharisees were ever boasting of, and glorying in their
ancestry, Christ here shews, that they have not much reason to boast,
since their ancestors were but vipers. (St. John Chrysostom)...
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THE UNPARDONABLE SIN (BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST)
Mark 3:20-30; Matthew 12:22-37; & Luke 11:14-23. Mark: “And they
come into the house; and again a multitude comes together, so that
they are not
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"O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things?
for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh."
I would beg the Reader to pause over this verse; and to collect the
sense...
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Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a
striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has
been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
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34._Offspring of vipers. _The similarity between _the tree _and _the
fruit _is here applied by Christ to nothing more than speech, because
this afforded an opportunity of detecting the inward and conc...
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At length the rejection of the nation, in consequence of their
contempt of the Lord, is plainly shewn, as well as the cessation of
all His relations with them as such, in order to bring out on God's
p...
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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 exac...
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O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for
out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Ver. 34. _How can ye, being evil, &c._] The stream riseth not higher
its s...
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_Either make the tree good, and his fruit good_, &c. That is, you must
allow they are both good, or both bad: for if the fruit be good, so is
the tree; if the fruit be evil, so is the tree also. “Judg...
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O GENERATION OF VIPERS, HOW CAN YE, BEING EVIL, SPEAK GOOD THINGS? FOR
OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKETH....
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Kindred warnings:...
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We have seen that Matthew groups events with a dispensational end in
view, and chapter 12 shows a building up on Israel's part to a state
of utter rejection of their Messiah. The expression "at that t...
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33-37 Men's language discovers what country they are of, likewise
what manner of spirit they are of. The heart is the fountain, words
are the streams. A troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring, must...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 12:35"....
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Matthew 12:34 Brood G1081 vipers G2191 How G4459 you G1410 (G5736)
being G5607 (G5752) evil G4190 speak...
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“You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good
things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.”
‘You, being evil.' Jesus was under no illusions about men. He had
said a...
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MEN ARE ESPECIALLY KNOWN BY THEIR WORDS (12:31-37).
Having put right the Pharisees' wrong conception about Him He now
warns them to beware what they say. For what they say will reveal the
truth about...
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE. These occurrences seem to have followed each other
in immediate succession. Luke places the last one (Matthew 12:46-50)
after the parable of the sower, but Mark gives the same order...
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Matthew 12:34. YE BROOD OF VIPERS. Comp. chap. Matthew 3:7. The meek
and lowly Saviour utters these words. The Pharisees were referred to,
as the corrupt tree (Matthew 12:33), a poisonous plant; now a...
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YE OFFSPRING OF VIPERS
(γεννηματα εχιδνων). These same terrible words the
Baptist had used to the Pharisees and Sadducees who came to his
baptism (Matthew 3:7). But these Pharisees had deliberately...
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GENERATION
Progeny. (Matthew 3:7); (Matthew 23:33)....
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CONTENTS: Jesus announces Himself Lord of Sabbath, Controversy with
Pharisees. Healing of the withered hand. A demoniac healed. The
unpardonable sin. Death and resurrection foretold. Deficiency of
sel...
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Matthew 12:2. _Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon
the sabbath- day._ The pharisees did not find fault with eating a few
ears of barley in their hunger, while others enjoyed their fea...
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HOW CAN YOU SAY GOOD THINGS? They were poisonous and evil, like snakes
[these enemies of his]. They could not praise God or say good things,
because of their condition. Read Jesus' prophecy on Jerusal...
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_A good man out of the good treasure of the heart, _
THE TREASURES OF A GOOD AND EVIL HEART
I. Describe the good treasure of the heart.
1. A good heart contains good affections.
2. Good desires....
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RELIGIOUS LEADERS ACCUSE JESUS OF BEING UNDER SATAN'S POWER MATTHEW
12:24-37; MARK 3:20-30; LUKE 11:15-23; MATTHEW 12:24 But w
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1-50
CHAPTER XII.
_At that time Jesus went through the corn fields_ (Through the crops
of corn becoming white, or ripe), &c. Luke adds that this Sabbath was
the first from the second (_Vulg_.); which...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 12:23. IS NOT THIS THE SON OF DAVID?—See “The Parallel New
Testament” (1882). The “not” is omitted in both columns. It
“was wisely omitted by King James’ translators. It is no...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 12:1
The opposition that our Lord met with
(1) from his enemies (Matthew 12:1);
(2) from his relations (Matthew 12:46-4
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Shall we turn to the twelfth chapter of the gospel of Matthew?
Jesus was not one to follow traditions. He's already pointed out in
the Sermon on the Mount, that through their interpretation of the law...
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1 John 3:10; 1 Samuel 24:13; Isaiah 32:6; Isaiah 59:14; Isaiah 59:4;...
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In another kind likewise, the tree is known by its fruit — Namely,
the heart by the conversation....
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Note here, 1. The fervency and zeal of our Saviour's spirit in the
compellation given to the Pharisees: he calls them. GENERATION OF
VIPERS: intimating that they were. venomous and dangerous sort of m...