The Beelzebul Controversy and Blasphemy

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

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

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

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And 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.

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

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

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

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Or 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.

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

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

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And 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.

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Either 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.

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

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

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

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

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