…I tell you this,

you must give an account on judgment day

for every idle word you speak.

The words you say will either acquit you or condemn you.

Matthew 12:36-37

…whatever is in your heart determines what you say.

A good person produces good things

from the treasury of a good heart,

and an evil person produces evil things

from the treasury of an evil heart.

Matthew 12:34-35

“Anyone who isn’t with me opposes me,

and anyone who isn’t working with me

is actually working against me.

Matthew 12:30

Then Jesus said, “Come to me,

all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens,

and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you.

Let me teach you,

because I am humble and gentle at heart,

and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 11:28-29

If you cling to your life, you will lose it;

but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.

Matthew 10:39

“Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth,

I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

But everyone who denies me here on earth,

I will also deny before my Father in heaven.

Matthew 10:32-33

Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body;

they cannot touch your soul.

Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 10:28

…don’t be afraid of those who threaten you.

For the time is coming when everything that is covered

will be revealed,

and all that is secret will be made known to all.

Matthew 10:26

…all nations will hate you because you are my followers.

But everyone who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 10:22

“Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves.

So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.

Matthew 10:16

(this isn’t a dove)