# Matthew 12.33

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**Book:** [Matthew](/codex/matthew-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 31. <span class="rl-speech">Therefore I say unto you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.</span>
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> **33. <span class="rl-speech">Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.</span>**
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> 34. <span class="rl-speech">Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> (Matthew 12:31-35, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 31. <span class="rl-speech">Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.</span>
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> **33. <span class="rl-speech">“Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.</span>**
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> 34. <span class="rl-speech">You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.</span> (Matthew 12:31-35, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 31. <span class="rl-speech">Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.</span>
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> **33. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span>**
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> 34. <span class="rl-speech">O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> (Matthew 12:31-35, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 31. <span class="rl-speech">Because of this I say to you, all sin and evil speaking shall be forgiven to men, but the evil speaking of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">And whoever may speak a word against the Son of Man it shall be forgiven to him, but whoever may speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is coming.</span>
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> **33. <span class="rl-speech">'Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known.</span>**
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> 34. <span class="rl-speech">'Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things, being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> (Matthew 12:31-35, YLT)

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Matthew 12](/codex/matthew-12/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G1097 - ginosko](/codex/g1097-ginosko/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.