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15 And Jesus having known, withdrew from there. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all,
16 and He warned them that they should not make Him known—
17 so that it might be fulfilled that having been spoken by the prophet Isaiah, saying:
18 “Behold My servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul has found delight. I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
19 He will not quarrel nor will he cry out; nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.
20 A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not quench, until He leads justice to victory.
21 And in His name the Gentiles will hope.”
22 Then was brought to Him one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, and He healed him, in order for the mute man to speak and to see.
23 And all the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “Could this be the Son of David?”
24 And the Pharisees having heard, said, “This man casts out the demons only by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
25 And having known their thoughts, He said to them, “Every kingdom having been divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house having been divided against itself will not stand.
26 And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? On account of this, they will be your judges.
28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
29 Or how is anyone able to enter into the house of the strong man, and to plunder his goods, unless first he binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.
30 The one not being with Me is against Me, and the one not gathering with Me scatters.
31 Because of this I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men; but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
32 And if anyone speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but if anyone speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age nor in the coming one.
33 Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad. For the tree is known by the fruit.
34 Offspring of vipers, how are you able to speak good things, being evil? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
35 The good man out of his good treasure puts forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure puts forth evil things.
36 And I say to you that every careless word that they will speak, men will give an account of it in day of judgment.
37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”