Matthew 12:29-39

29 Or how can someone enter into the house of a strong [man] and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong [man]? And then he can thoroughly plunder his house.
30 The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.
31 For this [reason] I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven!
32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him either in this age or in the coming one!

Good Trees and Good Fruit or Bad Trees and Bad Fruit

33 "Either make the tree good and its fruit [is] good, or make the tree bad and its fruit [is] bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.
34 Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say good things [when you] are evil? For from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
35 The good person from his good treasury brings out good [things], and the evil person from his evil treasury brings out evil [things].
36 But I tell you that every worthless word that they speak, people will give an account for it on the day of judgment!
37 For by your words you will be vindicated, and by your words you will be condemned."

The Sign of Jonah

38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him saying, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you!"
39 But he answered [and] said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation desires a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah!

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as temporal
  • [b]. Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  • [c]. Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  • [d]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb
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