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Dale Allison associates the references to "idle" words in verses 36 and 37 with the earlier references to blasphemy in verse 31, and sees Jesus as refuting the suggestion that blasphemy "cannot really have eternal consequence because it consists of nothing but words".
37:For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. The New International Version translates the passage as: 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."
The Hebrew scriptures were an important source for the New Testament authors. [13] There are 27 direct quotations in the Gospel of Mark, 54 in Matthew, 24 in Luke, and 14 in John, and the influence of the scriptures is vastly increased when allusions and echoes are included, [14] with half of Mark's gospel being made up of allusions to and citations of the scriptures. [15]
In several modern versions, this is treated as a continuation of 12:17 or as a complete verse numbered 12:18: RV: "And he stood upon the sand of the sea." (Some say "it stood" – the he or it being the Dragon mentioned in the preceding verses) Among pre-KJV versions, the Great Bible and the Rheims version also have "he stood".
This is a theme which has also been discussed earlier in Luke 12. [3] The reference to a wedding banquet in Luke 12:36 suggests a heavenly banquet, [3] and recalls the parable of the Ten Virgins, which follows this parable in Matthew. The second part of the parable includes a caution that much more will be required of the person to whom much is ...
Matthew 12:24-26 from Papyrus 21. Matthew 12:24 (also Matthew 12:27) Βεεζεβουλ (Beezeboul) — א B Belzebul — it d Beelzebub or Baalzebub — it c,(ff 1) vg syr s,c,p Βεελζεβουλ (Beelzeboul) — 𝔓 21 C (D) (L) W Θ 0281 ƒ 1 ƒ 13 33 𝔐/Byz Lect it mss syr h (cop) Origen. Matthew 12:25
Rabanus Maurus: " Otherwise; The man who had the withered hand denotes the human race in its barrenness of good works dried up by the hand which was stretched out to the fruit; (Gen. 3:6.) this was healed by the stretching out of the innocent hand on the Cross. And well is this withered hand said to have been in the Synagogue, for where the ...
Matthew 12:38–39 Matthew 16:1–4 38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you." 39 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign; but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah."