Matthew 12:37
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
KJV
ἐκ γὰρ τῶν λόγων σου δικαιωθήσῃ, καὶ ἐκ τῶν λόγων σου καταδικασθήσῃ.
Greek NT
Ex verbis enim tuis justificaberis et ex verbis tuis condemnaberis.
Vulgate
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
ASV
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δικαιόω
dikaioo
verb · 39×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταδικάζω
katadikazo
verb · 6×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§590Only the divine identity of Jesus' person can justify so absolute a claim as "He who is not with me is against me"; and his saying that there was in him "something greater than Jonah,. . . greater than Solomon", something "greater than the Temple"; his reminder that David had called the Messiah his Lord,371 and his affirmations, "Before Abraham was, I AM", and even "I and the F…
Homilies on Matthew · 2 passages
2. Wherefore not those that are slandered, but the slanderers, have need to be anxious and to tremble. For the former are not constrained to answer for themselves touching the evil things which are said of them, but the latter will, for the evil they have spoken; and over these impends the whole danger. So that the persons censured should be without anxiety, not being to give a…
2. What then says Christ? He did not set Himself against it, neither made He any defense, but straightway blames them again, plucking down their confidence, and signifying that he who commits great sins ought not to be strict with others concerning small matters. What? When you ought to be blamed, says He, do ye even blame? But do thou observe, how when it is His will to set as…
Cross-references
- Jas 2:21 — Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
- Jas 3:2 — For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
- Job 6:26 — Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
- Job 15:6 — Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
- Luke 19:22 — And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
- Prov 13:3 — He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.