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15 So being aware, Jesus withdrew from there. And large crowds followed Him, and He healed them all.
16 Yet He warned them not to make Him known,
17 so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, namely:
18 “Behold my Servant whom I chose, my Beloved in whom my soul is well pleased! I will put my Spirit upon Him, and He will declare justice to the nations.
19 He will not quarrel nor 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 sends justice forth to victory.
21 And in His name Gentiles will trust.”
22 Then a demonized man was brought to Him, blind and mute, and He healed him, so that the \up6 a\up0 blind and \up6 b\up0 mute both \up6 b\up0 spoke and \up6 a\up0 saw. [a chiasmus—ab,ba]
23 And all the crowds were amazed and said, “Might this not be the Son of David?”
24 But upon hearing it the Pharisees said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, ruler of the demons.”
25 But knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself becomes desolate, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.
26 So if Satan casts out Satan he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.
29 Or how can anyone go into the house of the strong man and plunder his goods unless he first binds the strong man? Then he can plunder the house.
30 “He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.
31 Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven people.
32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of the Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in the present age nor in the next.
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 the fruit.
34 Brood of vipers! How can you, being malignant, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
35 The good man out of the good reservoir brings forth good things, and the malignant man out of the malignant reservoir brings forth malignant things.
36 Furthermore I say to you that for every useless word whatever that people may speak, they will give account of it in the Day of judgment.
37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”