"A tree is identified by its fruit. 

If a tree is good, its fruit will be good. 

If a tree is bad, its fruit will be bad.

You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? 

For whatever is in your heart determines what you say.

A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart.

And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment day for every idle word you speak.

The words you say will either acquit you or condemn you."

Matthew 12:33-37 NLT

Jesus was very unhappy with the people he was talking to here, but this interaction is here for a reason, and I don't think it's about judgment day and giving an account.

It's about the treasury of the heart. 

A treasury doesn't just appear, it's collected, earned, gathered, little by little over time. 

What's going in to the treasury of our hearts? 

What are we watching, who are we listening to, what are the influences we're taking notice of, who are we spending time with, what are we letting in, inviting in, allowing in, to the treasury of our hearts?

No matter what it's been, we can change it. 

Some thoughts need to be kicked out. 

What do we treasure that is there, contemplate, mull over, meditate on?

#wordsofJesus 

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