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Or 1how can someone enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed 2he may plunder his house.
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3Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
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4Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but 5the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
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And whoever speaks a word 6against the Son of Man 7will be forgiven, but 8whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in 9this age or in the age to come.
A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit
3310"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, 11for the tree is known by its fruit.
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12You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, 13when you are evil? 14For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
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15The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.
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I tell you, 16on the day of judgment 17people will give account for 18every careless word they speak,
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for 19by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
The Sign of Jonah
38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, "Teacher, 20we wish to see a sign from you."
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But he answered them, 21"An evil and 22adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.