Matthew 12:34–35
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When he says “treasure,” he points to the mass of what lies in the soul. And so that some may not say humans are wicked by nature, he showed this in the Pharisees’ case: that the same one person can sometimes become good and sometimes wicked, saying, “The good person speaks from the overflow of his heart,” (Matthew 12:34–35) and likewise the wicked.
Greek
Ὅταν λέγῃ θησαυρόν, τὸ πλῆθος ἐνδείκνυται τῶν ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ κειμένων. ἵνα δὲ μὴ εἴπωσί τινες ὅτι φύσει πεφύκασι πονηροὶ οἱ ἄν θρωποι, ἐπὶ τῶν Φαρισαίων τοῦτο ἐδήλωσεν, ὅτι δυνατὸν τὸν αὐτὸν καὶ ἕνα ἄνθρωπόν ποτε μὲν ἀγαθὸν γενέσθαι, ποτὲ δὲ κακόν, λέγων· ὁ ἀγαθὸς ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τοῦ περισσεύματος τῆς καρδίας αὐτοῦ λαλεῖ, ὁμοίως καὶ ὁ κακός.