Matthew 12:30-40

30 1Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
31 2Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but 3the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
32 And whoever speaks a word 4against the Son of Man 5will be forgiven, but 6whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in 7this age or in the age to come.

A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit

33 8"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, 9for the tree is known by its fruit.
34 10You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, 11when you are evil? 12For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
35 13The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.
36 I tell you, 14on the day of judgment 15people will give account for 16every careless word they speak,
37 for 17by 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, 18we wish to see a sign from you."
39 But he answered them, 19"An evil and 20adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
40 For 21just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, 22so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Cross References 22

  • 1. Luke 11:23; [Mark 9:40; Luke 9:50]
  • 2. For ver. 31, 32, see Mark 3:28-30; [Luke 12:10; Hebrews 6:4-6; Hebrews 10:26; 1 John 5:16]
  • 3. [Acts 7:51; Hebrews 10:29]
  • 4. Matthew 11:19; John 7:12; John 9:24
  • 5. 1 Timothy 1:12, 13
  • 6. [See ver. 31 above]
  • 7. [Ephesians 1:21]
  • 8. Matthew 7:16-20
  • 9. Luke 6:43, 44
  • 10. Matthew 3:7; Matthew 23:33
  • 11. Matthew 7:11
  • 12. Matthew 15:18, 19; Luke 6:45; [Matthew 13:52; Ephesians 4:29]
  • 13. [See ver. 34 above]
  • 14. [Ephesians 5:4, 11; 2 Peter 1:8]
  • 15. Ecclesiastes 12:14; Romans 14:12; 1 Peter 4:5
  • 16. See Acts 17:31
  • 17. [Matthew 5:22; James 3:2-12]
  • 18. Matthew 16:1; Mark 8:11, 12; Luke 11:16; Luke 23:8; John 2:18; John 4:48; John 6:30; 1 Corinthians 1:22
  • 19. Matthew 16:4; For ver. 39-42, see Luke 11:29-32; [Mark 8:11, 12]
  • 20. Isaiah 57:3; Mark 8:38; James 4:4
  • 21. Jonah 1:17
  • 22. [Matthew 17:22, 23]
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