Matthew 12:36-38

EasyEnglish Bible

³⁶ I tell you this: One day, God will judge everybody. On that day, he will ask you about every useless word that you have spoken. ³⁷ God will think about the words that you have spoken. Then he will decide whether to let you go free or to punish you.’

The Pharisees want to see Jesus do something powerful

³⁸ Then some teachers of God's Law and some Pharisees said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, we want to see you do something powerful. This will show us that God has really sent you.’