Matthew 12:22–45

²²Then was brought to him one possessed by a demon, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so that the dumb man spake and saw. ²³And all the crowds were amazed and said, Is this man the Son of David? ²⁴But the Pharisees, having heard it, said, This man does not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub, prince of demons. ²⁵But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not subsist. ²⁶And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom subsist? ²⁷And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, your sons, by whom do they cast them out? For this reason they shall be your judges. ²⁸But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then indeed the kingdom of God is come upon you. ²⁹Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong man and plunder his goods, unless first he bind the strong man? and then he will plunder his house. ³⁰He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters. ³¹For this reason I say unto you, Every sin and injurious speaking shall be forgiven to men, but speaking injuriously of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men. ³²And whosoever shall have spoken a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age nor in the coming one. ³³Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt. For from the fruit the tree is known. ³⁴Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. ³⁵The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings forth wicked things. ³⁶But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day: ³⁷for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

³⁸Then answered him some of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee. ³⁹But he, answering, said to them, A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas the prophet. ⁴⁰For even as Jonas was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, thus shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. ⁴¹Ninevites shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here. ⁴²A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here. ⁴³But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find it. ⁴⁴Then he says, I will return to my house whence I came out; and having come, he finds it unoccupied, swept, and adorned. ⁴⁵Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. Thus shall it be to this wicked generation also.