It is certainly not a good thing to badmouth others.
Whether it is gossiping or criticising, nothing good is coming out of it.
In fact, our words reveal what is in our hearts.
And to curse others is nothing less than inflicting evil upon them.
In the gospel, what the scribes were saying about Jesus was certainly terrible and disgusting.
They were saying that the devil was in Jesus and that Jesus was the agent of the devil.
In plain terms, they were cursing Jesus.
What the scribes said about Jesus is something that we should not say about others.
To gossip, to criticise and to curse are verbal sins against others and also against God who created all that is good.
May what comes out from our mouths be pleasing to God and for the good of others and may we always guard our lips from foul talk.