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Luke 6:45

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6:45 The good person out of the good treasury of his 1  heart 2  produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury 3  produces evil, for his mouth speaks 4  from what fills 5  his heart.

1 tn Grk “the”; the Greek article has been translated here and in the following clause (“out of the evil”) as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

2 sn Mention of the heart shows that Jesus is not interested in what is done, but why. Motives are more important than actions for him.

3 tn The word “treasury” is not repeated in the Greek text at this point, but is implied.

4 sn What one utters from one’s mouth is especially singled out as the example of this principle. James seems to have known this teaching (Jas 1:26; 3:1-12).

5 tn Grk “for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”



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