Matthew 23:12 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹² And whoever shall exalt himself will be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself will be exalted.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Whoever exalts himself [with haughtiness and empty pride] shall be humbled (brought low), and whoever humbles himself [whoever has a modest opinion of himself and behaves accordingly] shall be raised to honor.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

Common English Bible

¹² All who lift themselves up will be brought low. But all who make themselves low will be lifted up.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² But whoever has exalted himself, shall be humbled. And whoever has humbled himself, shall be exalted.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled: and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

Matthew 23:12 Cross References

Matthew 18:4

Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:3

"Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 14:11

For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

Luke 18:14

I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

James 4:6

But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, younger [people], subject yourselves to [the] elders. And all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility, because "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

1 Peter 5:6

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,