Matthew 12:36
But I say to you, That for every idle word which men speak, they shall give account in the day of judgment.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
37For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.
Cross References
Ephesians 6:4And you fathers, do not provoke your children to anger: but bring them up in the instruction and discipline of the Lord.
Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before the throne; and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things that were written in the books, according to their works.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:23-38
The Sin against the Holy Ghost. 22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or… Read the whole commentary →