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"Whoever isn't with me is against me. Whoever doesn't gather with me scatters.
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So I can guarantee that people will be forgiven for any sin or cursing. However, cursing the Spirit will not be forgiven.
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Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven in this world or the next.
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"Make a tree good, and then its fruit will be good. Or make a tree rotten, and then its fruit will be rotten. A person can recognize a tree by its fruit.
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You poisonous snakes! How can you evil people say anything good? Your mouth says what comes from inside you.
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Good people do the good things that are in them. But evil people do the evil things that are in them.
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"I can guarantee that on judgment day people will have to give an account of every careless word they say.
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By your words you will be declared innocent, or by your words you will be declared guilty."
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Then some scribes and Pharisees said, "Teacher, we want you to show us a miraculous sign."
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He responded, "The people of an evil and unfaithful era look for a miraculous sign. But the only sign they will get is the sign of the prophet Jonah.
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Just as Jonah was in the belly of a huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.