Jesus warned us, “…Every idle word men may speak they will give account of it in the Day of Judgment. For by your words you will be justified and by your words you will be condemned” (Mt 12:36-37).
The Pharisees were judging Jesus’ miracles as being from Satan with no solid basis from which to make that judgment. Jesus said to them, “How can you being evil, speak good things. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.”
Our words are the fruit from the tree of our heart. That is why we will be judged by what we say. Idle words are words that spill out of our mouths without thinking. They reveal the secrets of our heart.
