Matthew 12:37 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁷ For you will be considered righteous by the words [you speak] and you will be condemned by the words [you speak].”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁷ For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁷ For by your words you will be justified and acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned and sentenced.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁷ For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Common English Bible

³⁷ By your words you will be either judged innocent or condemned as guilty.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁷ For by your words shall you be justified, and by your words shall you be condemned."

Matthew 12:37 Cross References

Matthew 12:36

And I say to you, a person will [have to] give an account [to God] on the Day of Judgment for every careless word he had spoken [while on earth].

Matthew 12:38

Then certain experts in the Law of Moses and some Pharisees answered Jesus, saying, “Teacher, we would like to see you perform a [supernatural] sign.”