Jerome, on Matt 12:36

“But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.”

“being spoken without the profit of either the speaker or hearer; as if laying aside weighty matters we should speak of frivolous trifles, or relate old fables. For he that deals in buffoon jests to create laughter, or brings forth any thing shameful, he will be held guilty not of an idle, but of a sinful word.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.