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# Connecting Statement:
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Jesus concludes his response to the Pharisees' accusation that he healed the man by the power of Satan.
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# I say to you
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This adds emphasis to what Jesus says next.
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# people will give an account for
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"God will ask people about" or "people will have to explain to God"
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# every idle word they will have said
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Here "word" refers to something that someone says. This refers to statements that do no good. This is a metonym for statements made by people who are lazy or otherwise not doing anything good. Alternate translation: "every idle thing they will said" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# idle
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empty, useless, careless
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