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Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, except he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.
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"He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn't gather with me, scatters.
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Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
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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, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.
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"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.
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You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
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The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.
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I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
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For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
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Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."
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But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will no sign be given it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.