Matthew 12:37

New American Bible - revised edition

By your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.” The Demand for a Sign.

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Those who guard their mouths preserve themselves; those who open wide their lips bring ruin.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who choose one shall eat its fruit.

I tell you, on the day of judgment people will render an account for every careless word they speak.

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