Matthew 12:36-37

12:36 I ¹  tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak. 12:37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Luke 19:22

19:22 The king ²  said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, ³  you wicked slave! ⁴  So you knew, did you, that I was a severe ⁵  man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow?

[12:36]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[19:22]  ² tn Grk “He”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:22]  ³ tn Grk “out of your own mouth” (an idiom).

[19:22]  ⁴ tn Note the contrast between this slave, described as “wicked,” and the slave in v. 17, described as “good.”

[19:22]  ⁵ tn Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”