22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. |
23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? |
24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. |
25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: |
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? |
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. |
28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. |
29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. |
30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. |
31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. |
32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. |
33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. |
34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. |
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. |
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. |
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. |
38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. |
39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: |
40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. |
41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. |
42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. |
43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. |
44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. |
45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. |
46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. |
47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. |
48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? |
49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! |
50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. |