Matthew 12:34 · WEB
“You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.”
— Matthew 12:34
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Life of Jesus (~30 AD)
Emotion
angry
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narrative
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