Matthew 12:37

For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

36I say to you that in the day of judgment people will give an account for every idle word they will have said.

38Then certain scribes and Pharisees answered Jesus and said, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”

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Cross References

James 2:21Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son 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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