For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned. But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. So I went down to the potter's house, and I saw him working at the wheel. Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. 41 Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.