Bible Trivia: Don't Tattle

In Matthew 5:21-22, Jesus says that name calling can result in:

A:  sin

B:  damnation

C:  tears

D:  hatred

 "L" is for "you"

 ANSWER:  B

 ²¹ “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder,^[a] and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ ²² But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister^[b][c] will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’^[d] is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.

 So Jesus elevates name calling to be in the same league as murder.

 poor Mr. T

 Apparently if you called someone "raca," which was the Aramaic equivalent of "dumbass," you are in trouble.

seems a bit stiff...

 What is particularly strange about this passage is that Jesus says that you shouldn't call people fools, yet he does so himself...to his own apostles!

Matthew 23:17

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁷ You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

Luke 11:40

New International Version (NIV)

⁴⁰ You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?

Luke 24:25

New International Version (NIV)

²⁵ He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Well, this won't be the first nor the last silly thing that Jesus says or does.  I mean he did appear to this woman on her grilled cheese sandwich.