Matthew 12:36 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁶ And I say to you, a person will [have to] give an account [to God] on the Day of Judgment for every careless word he had spoken [while on earth].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁶ But I tell you, on the day of judgment men will have to give account for every idle (inoperative, nonworking) word they speak.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

³⁶ I tell you that people will have to answer on Judgment Day for every useless word they speak.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁶ But I say to you, that for every idle word which men will have spoken, they shall render an account in the day of judgment.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 12:36 Cross References

Matthew 10:15

It is true when I say to you, the districts around Sodom and Gomorrah [i.e., despite their gross sins] will be shown more leniency than that town on the Day of Judgment.

Matthew 11:22

But I tell you, Tyre and Sidon will be shown more leniency on the judgment day than you people will.

Matthew 12:37

For you will be considered righteous by the words [you speak] and you will be condemned by the words [you speak].”

Romans 14:12

So then, every one of us [i.e., including Christians] will have to give an account of himself to God.

Romans 2:16

This will be done on the day when God judges the secrets of men’s [hearts] through Christ Jesus, according to [the teaching of] my Gospel.

James 3:6

And the tongue is [like] a fire [i.e., like that spark]. [For] the tongue, as a part of the body, is [like] the world of evil. It corrupts the entire life [of a person] and inflames the course of nature itself [i.e., it affects a person throughout his whole earthly existence], and is ignited by hell itself [i.e., the evil produced by the fiery tongue has hell as its source and destiny].

Revelation 20:12

And I saw dead people, the most important and the least significant ones, standing in front of the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life [Note: This refers to a record of those to whom God has granted never ending life]. And these dead people [i.e., who have now been resurrected] were judged according to their deeds, based on what was recorded in the books.