Luke 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.

Ps 12:2-4; Ps 37:30,31; Ps 40:8-10; Ps 41:6,7; Ps 52:2-4; Ps 59:7,12; Ps 64:3-8; Ps 71:15-18; Ps 140:5; Pr 10:20,21; Pr 12:18; Pr 15:23; Pr 22:17,18; Jer 9:2-5; Mt 12:34-37; Mt 12:35; Joh 7:38; Ac 5:3; Ac 8:19-23; Ro 3:13,14; 2Co 4:6,7; Eph 3:8; Eph 4:29; Eph 5:3,4,19; Col 3:16; Col 4:6; Heb 8:10; Jas 3:5-8; Jude 1:15

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.”