Every idle word (παν ρημα αργον). An ineffective, useless word (α privative and εργον). A word that does no good and so is pernici…

But I say unto you, etc. Christ closes this address to his malignant and wicked hearers by a solemn declaration that for these things God …

Every idle word that people shall speak — The teaching, though general in form, still looks back to the hard, bitter words of the …

They might think that they had done no great wrong when they scattered their black phrases among the people. They had only given their opinion with…

St. John Chrysostom: The Lord follows up what He had said before by stirring their fears, showing that those who have sinned i…

A person will be held accountable on the Day of Judgment for every seemingly insignificant word spoken insofar as it reveals what is in the heart. …

Of every idle word This is an argument from the le to the greater; for if every idle word is to be called in question, how would …

But I say to you
This form of speaking is used, the more strongly to asseverate the truth of what is after said; and…

A person's language reveals what country they are from and, likewise, what manner of spirit they possess. The heart is the fountain; words are the …

Above, the Lord refuted those who were slandering both His doctrine and His life; here, however, He refutes those who disparage His miracles. And f…