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15 But Jesus knew of this, and he left that place. And numbers of people followed him about, and he cured them all,
16 and warned them not to say anything about him
17 —in fulfilment of what was said by the prophet Isaiah,
18 "Here is my servant whom I have selected, My beloved, who delights my heart! I will endow him with my Spirit, And he will announce a judgment to the heathen.
19 He will not wrangle or make an outcry, And no one will hear his voice in the streets;
20 He will not break off a bent reed, And he will not put out a smoldering wick, Until he carries his judgment to success.
21 The heathen will rest their hopes on his name!"
22 At that time some people brought to him a man blind and dumb, who was possessed by a demon, and he cured him, so that the dumb man could speak and see.
23 And all the crowds of people were astounded, and said, "Can this be the Son of David?"
24 But when the Pharisees heard of it they said, "This man cannot drive out demons except by the aid of Beelzebub, the prince of the demons."
25 But he knew what they were thinking, and he said to them, "Any kingdom that is disunited is on the way to destruction, and any city or household that is disunited cannot last.
26 If Satan is driving Satan out, he is disunited, and so how can his kingdom last?
27 And if I am driving the demons out by Beelzebub's aid, by whose aid do your sons drive them out? Therefore let them be your judges.
28 But if I am driving the demons out by the aid of God's Spirit, then the Kingdom of God has overtaken you.
29 How can anyone get into a strong man's house and carry off his property unless he first binds the strong man? After that he can plunder his house.
30 Anyone who is not with me is against me, and anyone who does not join me in gathering, scatters.
31 Therefore, I tell you, men will be forgiven for any sin or abusive speech, but abusive speech about the Spirit cannot be forgiven.
32 And whoever speaks against the Son of Man will be forgiven for it, but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit cannot be forgiven for it, either in this world or in the world to come.
33 "You must either make the tree sound and its fruit sound, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; a tree is judged by its fruit.
34 You brood of snakes! how can you, bad as you are, utter anything good? For the mouth says only what the heart is full of.
35 A good man, out of the good he has accumulated, brings out things that are good, and a bad man, out of what he has accumulated that is bad, brings out things that are bad.
36 But I tell you, for every careless word that men utter they will have to answer on the Day of Judgment.
37 For it is by your words that you will be acquitted, or by your words that you will be condemned."