Matthew 12:37

for from your words you will be declared righteous, and from your words you will be declared unrighteous.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

In Context

36And I say to you that every idle word that men may speak, they will give for it a reckoning in [the] day of judgment;

38Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we will to see a sign from You.”

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Cross References

James 2:21Was not our father Abraham considered righteous out of works, having brought up his son Isaac on the altar?

Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:23-38

The Sin against the Holy Ghost. 22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or… Read the whole commentary →

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