Matthew 12:37
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
World English Bible
In The King James Version
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
In Context
36I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
38Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
Cross References
James 2:21Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that 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 →