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Mat_12:34. Οὐκ ἔστιν θαυμαστὸν , εἰ τοιαῦτα (the preposterous nature of which Jesus has just exposed, Mat_12:33) βλασφημεῖτε , πονηροὶ γὰρ ὄντες οὐ δύνασθε ἀγαθὰ λαλεῖν . Εἶτα καὶ φυσιολογικῶς ἀποδείκνυσι πῶς οὐ δύνανται , Euth. Zigabenus. For γεννήμ . ἐχιδν . comp. Mat_3:7.
πῶς δύνασθε ] moral impossibility founded upon the wickedness of the heart, although not denying that one may still be open to conversion, and that with conversion the impossibility in question must cease to exist.
ἐκ γ . τ . περισσεύμ . τ . καρδ .] out of that with which the heart is overflowing, so that with the speaking a partial emptying, outflow, takes place. Beck, bibl. Seelenl. p. 68.