³⁶ But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

¹⁷ Do you not yet understand that ^(A)whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? ¹⁸ But ^(B)those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. ^19 (C)For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. ²⁰ These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”

Qualities Needed in Trials

^19 [a]So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, ^(A)slow to speak, ^(B)slow to wrath;

^29 (A)Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but ^(B)what is good for necessary ^[a]edification, ^(C)that it may impart grace to the hearers.