Matthew 12:22–45

²²Then was offered to him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb: and he healed him, so that he spoke and saw.

²³And all the multitudes were amazed, and said: Is not this the son of David?

²⁴But the Pharisees hearing it, said: This man casteth not out devils but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

²⁵And Jesus knowing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself shall be made desolate: and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.

²⁶And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself: how then shall his kingdom stand?

²⁷And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.

²⁸But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.

²⁹Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong, and rifle his goods, unless he first bind the strong? and then he will rifle his house.

³⁰He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

³¹Therefore I say to you: Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

³²And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him neither in this world, nor in the world to come.

³³Either make the tree good and its fruit good: or make the tree evil, and its fruit evil. For by the fruit the tree is known.

³⁴O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

³⁵A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of an evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

³⁶But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.

³⁷For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

³⁸Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying: Master, we would see a sign from thee.

³⁹Who answering said to them: An evil and adulterous generation seeketh a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

⁴⁰For as Jonas was in the whale’s belly three days and three nights: so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

⁴¹The men of Ninive shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they did penance at the preaching of Jonas. And behold a greater than Jonas here.

⁴²The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold a greater than Solomon here.

⁴³And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest, and findeth none.

⁴⁴Then he saith: I will return into my house from whence I came out. And coming he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

⁴⁵Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is made worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation.