Matthew 12:37
Matthew 12:34-37 The Message (MSG)
“You have minds like a snake pit! How do you suppose what you say is worth anything when you are so foul-minded? It’s your heart, not the dictionary, that gives meaning to your words. A good person produces good deeds and words season after season. An evil person is a blight on the orchard. Let me tell you something: Every one of these careless words is going to come back to haunt you. There will be a time of Reckoning. Words are powerful; take them seriously. Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation.”
Matthew 12:37 King James Version (KJV)
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Matthew 12:37 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Matthew 12:37 New Century Version (NCV)
The words you have said will be used to judge you. Some of your words will prove you right, but some of your words will prove you guilty.”
Matthew 12:37 American Standard Version (ASV)
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Matthew 12:37 New International Version (NIV)
For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Matthew 12:37 New King James Version (NKJV)
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Matthew 12:37 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For by your words [reflecting your spiritual condition] you will be justified and acquitted of the guilt of sin; and by your words [rejecting Me] you will be condemned and sentenced.”
Matthew 12:37 New Living Translation (NLT)
The words you say will either acquit you or condemn you.”