Matthew 12:37 Cross References - CLV

³⁷ For by your words shall you be justified, and by your words shall you be convicted."

³ He who constricts his mouth guards his soul; He who distends his lips, it is catastrophe for him."

²¹ Abraham, our father, was he not justified by works when offering up his son Isaac on the altar? ²² You are observing that faith worked together with his works, and by works was faith perfected." ²³ And fulfilled was the scripture which is saying, Now "Abraham believes God, and it is reckoned to him for righteousness,and he was called "the friend of God." ²⁴ You see that by works a man is being justified, and not by faith only." ²⁵ Now likewise, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when entertaining the messengers and ejecting them by a different way?