36But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.


In Context

33 "Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.

34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

35 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.

36 But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."

38 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, "Teacher, we want to see a miraculous sign from you."

Matthew 12:36 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:36But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:36And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:36But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:36And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:36But I say to you, That for every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account in the day of judgment.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:36I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:36'And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:36But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.