Matthew 12:36

³⁶ And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.

The New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrine # 173

173. XIII. REGENERATION.

He who does not receive spiritual life, that is, who is not begotten anew by the Lord, cannot come into heaven; which the Lord teaches in John:

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except anyone be begotten again, he cannot see the kingdom of God (3:3).

Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.