Jesus was preaching outside the confines of the ecclesiastical Jewish institution of his time. " Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man." (Luke 6:22)We can thus arrive at the conclusion that key elements of Jesus' lecture were not intended for the general populace, as not everyone in the crowd was committed to Jesus to the point where they were willing to undergo the rejection and hatred of others by following Jesus. This is also confirmed by other statements within his lecture that are obviously pointed towards his students, such as: This means he was directly instructing his disciples. ' Looking at his disciples, he said.' (Luke 6:20) ![]() We know that Jesus was speaking to his students and disciples, confirmed by the statement just prior to the beginning of his lecture: We must understand the audience and circumstances surrounding Jesus at the time of his statement. And getting that context allows us to not only understand the purpose of Jesus' statement but how it can be applied to our personal lives today. But there is a context to Jesus' points that must be clearly understood. We can certainly apply this universally, to nearly everything in life. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks." (Luke 6:43-45) What is Jesus referring to here?There are actually two purposes for Jesus' practical statement here. ![]() The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. 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."No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. ![]() The good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forth good and the wicked out of the wicked, brings forth what is wicked: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.Ī 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. 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. "The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.Ī 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. The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. ![]() For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionĪ good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart.
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