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15 but as Jesus knew of it he retired from the spot. Many followed him, and he healed them all,
16 charging them strictly not to make him known —
17 it was for the fulfilment of what had been said by the prophet Isaiah,
18 Here is my servant whom I have selected, my Beloved in whom my soul delights; I will invest him with my Spirit, and he will proclaim religion to the Gentiles.
19 He will not wrangle or shout, no one will hear his voice in the streets.
20 He will not break the bruised reed, he will not put out the smouldering flax, till he carries religion to victory:
21 and the Gentiles will hope in his name.
22 Then a blind and dumb demoniac was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the dumb man spoke and saw.
23 And all the crowds were amazed; they said, "Can this be the Son of David?"
24 But when the Pharisees heard of it they said, "This fellow only casts out daemons by Beelzebul the prince of daemons."
25 As Jesus knew what they were thinking, he said to them, "Any realm divided against itself comes to ruin, any city or house divided against itself will never stand;
26 and if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then can his realm stand?
27 Besides, if I cast out daemons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Thus they will be your judges.
28 But if I cast out daemons by the Spirit of God, then the Reign of God has reached you already.
29 Why, how can anyone enter the strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first of all binds the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
30 He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.
31 I tell you therefore, men will be forgiven any sin and blasphemy, but they will not be forgiven for blaspheming the Spirit.
32 Whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit will never be forgiven, neither in this world nor in the world to come.
33 Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for the tree is known by its fruit.
34 You brood of vipers, how can you speak good when you are evil? For the mouth utters what the heart is full of.
35 The good man brings good out of his good store, and the evil man brings evil out of his store of evil.
36 I tell you, men will have to account on the day of judgment for every light word they utter;
37 for by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."