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Matthew 12:37

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

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  1. Matthew 12:35

    A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

  2. Matthew 12:36

    But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

  3. Matthew 12:38

    Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.

  4. Matthew 12:39

    But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

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