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


In Context

34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

35 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.

36 But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

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

38 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, "Teacher, we want to see a miraculous sign from you."

39 He answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

Matthew 12:37 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:37for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:37For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:37for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:37For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.