Matthew 12:37

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

36For I say to you, That for every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account of it in the day of judgment.

38Then answered some of the Scribes and of the Pharisees, and said to him: Teacher, we wish to see from thee a sign.

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Cross References

James 2:21Abraham our father, was not he justified by works, in offering his son Isaac upon 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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