Matthew 12:37 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

By your words you will be either judged innocent or condemned as guilty.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

For by your words shall you be justified, and by your words shall you be condemned."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 12:37 Cross References

Proverbs 13:3

He who guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Matthew 12:36

I tell you, on the day of judgment men will render account for every careless word they utter;

Matthew 12:38

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”