^{22 Ref} Then was brought unto him one possessed with a demon, blind and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the dumb man spake and saw.

^{23 Ref} And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, Can this be the son of David?

^{24 Ref} But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man doth not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons.

^{25 Ref} And knowing their thoughts he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

^{26 Ref} and if Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?

^{27 Ref} And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

^{28 Ref} But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.

^{29 Ref} Or how can one enter into the house of the strong `man,' and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong `man'? and then he will spoil his house.

^{30 Ref} He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

^{31 Ref} Therefore I say unto you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

^{32 Ref} And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.

^{33 Ref} Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.

^{34 Ref} Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

^{35 Ref} The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

^{36 Ref} And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

^{37 Ref} For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

^{38 Ref} Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we would see a sign from thee.

^{39 Ref} But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:

^{40 Ref} for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

^{41 Ref} The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

^{42 Ref} The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

^{43 Ref} But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.

^{44 Ref} Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

^{45 Ref} Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.