Matthew 12:37
For it is by your words that you will be acquitted, and by your words that you will be condemned.”
Twentieth Century New Testament
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 for every careless thing that men say, they must answer on the ‘Day of Judgment.’
Cross References
James 2:21Look at our ancestor, Abraham. Was not it the result of his actions that he was pronounced righteous after he had offered 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 →