Matthew 12:37
“For by thy wordes thou shalt bee iustified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”
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Matthew 12:37 Context
35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart, bringeth foorth good things: and an euill man out of the euill treasure, bringeth foorth euill things. 36But I say vnto you, That euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue accompt thereof in the day of Iudgement. 37For by thy wordes thou shalt bee iustified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. 38¶ Then certaine of the Scribes, and of the Pharisees, answered, saying, Master, we would see a signe from thee. 39But hee answered, and said to them, An euill and adulterous generation seeketh after a signe, and there shall no signe be giuen to it, but the signe of the Prophet Ionas.
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Other Translations for Matthew 12:37
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
- King James Version
"For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.
- Basic English Bible
for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
- Darby Bible
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
- Webster's Bible
For each of you by his words shall be justified, or by his words shall be condemned."
- Weymouth Bible
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
- World English Bible
for of thi wordis thou schalt be iustified, and of thi wordis thou shalt be dampned.
- Wycliffe Bible
for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Matthew 12:37
12:37 For by thy words (as well as thy tempers and works) thou shalt then be either acquitted or condemned. Your words as well as actions shall he produced in evidence for or against you, to prove whether you was a true believer or not. And according to that evidence you will either be acquitted or condemned in the great day.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 12:37
Mt 12:37 By thy words thou shalt be justified, etc. Acquitted or condemned in the day of judgment. To justify is the opposite of to condemn. Those who confess Christ with the mouth (Ro 10:9) shall be saved; those who deny him will be lost. Words have a weighty influence on our eternal destiny.