Luke 6:45

6:45 The good person out of the good treasury of his ¹  heart ²  produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury ³  produces evil, for his mouth speaks ⁴  from what fills ⁵  his heart.

Deuteronomy 6:7

6:7 and you must teach ⁶  them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, ⁷  as you lie down, and as you get up.

Malachi 3:6

Resistance to the Lord through Selfishness

3:6 “Since, I, the Lord, do not go back on my promises, ⁸  you, sons of Jacob, have not perished.

¹ tn Grk “the”; the Greek article has been translated here and in the following clause (“out of the evil”) as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

² sn Mention of the heart shows that Jesus is not interested in what is done, but why. Motives are more important than actions for him.

³ tn The word “treasury” is not repeated in the Greek text at this point, but is implied.

⁴ sn What one utters from one’s mouth is especially singled out as the example of this principle. James seems to have known this teaching (Jas 1:26; 3:1-12).

⁵ tn Grk “for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”

⁶ tn Heb “repeat” (so NLT). If from the root I שָׁנַן (shanan), the verb means essentially to “engrave,” that is, “to teach incisively” (Piel); note NAB “Drill them into your children.” Cf. BDB 1041-42 s.v.

⁷ tn Or “as you are away on a journey” (cf. NRSV, TEV, NLT); NAB “at home and abroad.”

⁸ tn Heb “do not change.” This refers to God’s ongoing commitment to his covenant promises to Israel.