Matthew 12:36
I tell you that for every careless thing that people say, they must answer on the ‘day of judgment.’
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
In Context
37For it is by your words that you will be acquitted, and by your words that you will be condemned.”
Cross References
Ephesians 6:4And fathers, do not irritate your children, but bring them up with Christian discipline and instruction.
Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, high and low, standing before the throne; and books were opened. Then another book was opened, the book of life; and the dead were judged, according to their actions, by what was written in the books.
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 →