King James Version

Luke 6:45

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “man” (ἄνθρωπος) before out of here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “treasure the” (θησαυροῦ τῆς) before heart here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of the” (τοῦ) before overflow here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the of his heart” (τῆς καρδίας) before speaks here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of him” (αὐτοῦ.) after mouth here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγαθὸςagathosA goodἀγαθόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “A good”, the subject formG18intrinsically good, good in nature, good whether it be seen to be so or not, the widest and most colorless of all words with this meaning.A goodἄνθρωποςanthrōposmanἄνθρωποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “man”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.manἐκekout ofἐκpreposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγαθοῦagathougoodἀγαθός (agathos)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “good”, the of-formG18intrinsically good, good in nature, good whether it be seen to be so or not, the widest and most colorless of all words with this meaning.the goodθησαυροῦthēsauroutreasureθησαυρός (thēsauros)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “treasure”, the of-formG2344a store-house for precious things; hence: a treasure, a store.treasureτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.καρδίαςkardiasheartκαρδία (kardia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “heart”, the of-formG2588lit: the heart; mind, character, inner self, will, intention, center.heartαὐτοῦautouof hisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.of hisπροφέρειprophereibringeth forthπροφέρω (propherō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “bringeth forth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4393I bring forth, produce.bringeth forthτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγαθόνagathongood-doerἀγαθός (agathos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “good-doer”, the object formG18intrinsically good, good in nature, good whether it be seen to be so or not, the widest and most colorless of all words with this meaning.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πονηρὸςponērosthat which is evilπονηρόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “that which is evil”, the subject formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “evil”.that which is evilἐκekofἐκpreposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πονηροῦponērouevilπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “evil”, the of-formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “evil”.προφέρειprophereito bring outπροφέρω (propherō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to bring out”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4393I bring forth, produce.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πονηρόνponēronevilπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “evil”, the object formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “evil”.ἐκekout fromἐκpreposition — “out from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.γὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.περισσεύματοςperisseumatosabundanceπερίσσευμα (perisseuma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “abundance”, the of-formG4051abundance, overflow.the abundanceκαρδίαςkardiasof the heartκαρδία (kardia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the heart”, the of-formG2588lit: the heart; mind, character, inner self, will, intention, center.This verse uses “the heart”.of the heartλαλεῖlaleispeakethλαλέω (laleō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “speaketh”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.speakethτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.στόμαstomamouthστόμαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “mouth”, the subject formG4750the mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἄνθρωποςanthrōposmanἄνθρωποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “man”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.θησαυροῦthēsauroutreasureθησαυρός (thēsauros)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “treasure”, the of-formG2344a store-house for precious things; hence: a treasure, a store.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.καρδίαςkardiasheartκαρδία (kardia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “heart”, the of-formG2588lit: the heart; mind, character, inner self, will, intention, center.αὐτοῦautouof hisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which [is] good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which [is] evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good , and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil , for out of the abundance of the heart , his mouth speaks .

Darby Translation

The good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forth good; and the wicked [man] out of the wicked, brings forth what is wicked: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Douay-Rheims

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that which is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

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Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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