Matthew 12:37 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁷ for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

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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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 12:37 Cross References

Proverbs 13:3

Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives; those who open wide their lips come 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 you will have to give an account for every careless word you utter,

Matthew 12:38

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