Matthew 12:28–36
28But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come upon you.↗
29Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.↗
30“He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters.↗
31Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.↗
32Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age, or in that which is to come.↗
33“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.↗
34You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.↗
35The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.↗
36I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.↗
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