Matthew 12:36
But I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give an account for every idle word they speak.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
In Context
37For by yoʋr words yoʋ will be justified, and by yoʋr words yoʋ will be condemned.”
Cross References
Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was 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 →