Matthew 11:24

24 aBut I tell you that bit will be more tolerable on cthe day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.”

Matthew 23:33-36

33You serpents, dyou brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to ehell? 34 fTherefore gI send you hprophets and wise men and iscribes, jsome of whom you will kill and crucify, and ksome you will lflog in your synagogues and mpersecute from town to town, 35so that on you may come all nthe righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous oAbel to the blood of pZechariah the son of Barachiah,
Some manuscripts omit  the son of Barachiah
whom you murdered between rthe sanctuary and sthe altar.
36Truly, I say to you, tall these things will come upon this generation.

Luke 12:48

48 uBut the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, vwill receive a light beating. wEveryone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

James 3:1

Taming the Tongue

1 xNot many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

2 Peter 2:3

3And yin their greed they will exploit you zwith false words. aaTheir condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

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