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WhereforeIsay unto you, All manner ofsinandblasphemy shall be forgiven unto men:but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghostshallnot be forgiven unto men.
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Andwhosoever*speaketh a wordagainst the Son of man, it shall be forgivenhim:butwhosoever*speakethagainst the HolyGhost, it shallnot be forgivenhim,neitherinthisworld,neitherin the world to come.
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Eithermake the treegood,andhisfruitgood; or elsemake the treecorrupt,andhisfruitcorrupt:for the tree is knownby his fruit.
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O generation of vipers,how can ye, beingevil,speak good things?for out of the abundance of the heart the mouthspeaketh.
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A goodman out of the goodtreasure of the heart bringeth forth good things:and an evilman out of the eviltreasure bringeth forth evil things.
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But I say unto you,Thateveryidlewordthat*men shall speak, they shall giveaccountthereof*in the day of judgment.
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Forbythywords thou shalt be justified, andbythywords thou shalt be condemned.
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Thencertain of the scribesand of the Phariseesanswered, saying, Master, we wouldsee a signfromthee.
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But he answered and said unto them,An evilandadulterousgeneration seeketh after a sign;and there shall nosign be given to it,but the sign of the prophetJonas:
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ForasJonaswasthreedaysandthreenightsin the whale'sbelly;so shall the Son of manbethreedaysandthreenightsin the heart of the earth.
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The men of Nineveh shall riseinjudgmentwiththisgeneration,and shall condemnit:because they repentedat the preaching of Jonas;and,behold, a greater thanJonas is here.