Living_Oracles(i)
15 Jesus knowing this, departed; and being followed by a vast multitude, healed all their sick,
16 enjoining them not to make him known.
17 Thus the word of the Prophet Isaiah was verified,
18 "Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul delights; I will cause my Spirit to abide upon him, and he shall give laws to the nations;
19 he will not contend, nor clamor, nor cause his voice to be heard in the streets.
20 A bruised reed he will not break; and a dimly burning taper he will not quench, till he render his laws victorious.
21 Nations also shall trust in his name."
22 Then was brought to him a demoniac, dumb, and blind, and he cured him, so that he both spoke and saw.
23 And all the people said with amazement, Is this the son of David?
24 But the Pharisees hearing them, said, This man expels demons only by Beelzebub, prince of the demons.
25 But Jesus, knowing their surmises, said to them, By intestine dissensions any kingdom may be desolated; and no city or family, where such dissensions are, can subsist.
26 Now if Satan expel Satan, his kingdom is torn by intestine dissensions; how can it then subsist?
27 Besides, if I expel demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons expel them? Wherefore they shall be your judges.
28 But if I expel demons by the Spirit of God, the Reign of God has overtaken you.
29 For how can one enter the strong one's house, and plunder his goods, unless he first overpower the strong one? Then indeed he may plunder his house.
30 He who is not for me, is against me; and he who gathers not with me, scatters.
31 Wherefore I say to you, though every other sin and detraction in men is pardonable, their detraction from the Spirit is unpardonable:
32 for whosoever shall inveigh against the Son of Man may obtain pardon; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, shall never be pardoned, either in the present state or the future.
33 Either call the tree good, and its fruit good; or call the tree bad, and its fruit bad: for we distinguish the tree by its fruit.
34 Offspring of vipers! how can you that are evil speak good things, since it is out of the fullness of the heart that the mouth speaks.
35 The good man, out of his good treasure, produces good things; the bad man, out of his bad treasure, produces bad things.
36 Be assured, however, that of every pernicious word which men shall utter, they shall give an account on the day of judgment.
37 For by your words you shall be acquitted, and by your words you shall be condemned.