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The Book of Jesus Chapter Eleven: The life of Jesus from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John in easy-to-read, chronological format.
Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit
NARRATOR.
And it occurred, that they brought a man to him who was blind and could not speak, and was possessed by a demon. Jesus cast out the
demon, which was mute; and it left the man. The man who had been mute was cured and could speak and see. All the people were
astounded and amazed and said, "Can this be the song of David?" When the Pharisees heard this they said: "It is only through
Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that this man casts out devils." Others putting him to a test, asked for a sign [miracle] from heaven.
But knowing what was in their thoughts, he said to them:
JESUS.
Every kingdom divided against itself is heading for ruin, and no town or household can stand when it is divided against itself, it will
collapse. This is also true with Satan. Now if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. So how can his kingdom stand,
since you assert that is is through Beelzebub that I cast out devils. Now if it is through Beelzebub, as you say, that I cast out devils;
through whom do you your own sons cast them out? Let them be your judges then. Let me put it this way. How can anyone make his
way into a strong man's house and burglarize his property unless he has first tied up the strong man? Only then can he burglarize his
house. As long as the strong man, fully armed, guards his palace; his possessions are secure. But, when someone stronger than he is
attacks and defeats him, the stronger [of the two] takes away all the weapons that [were] relied on and divides the spoil. He who is not
for me, is against me. And he that does not gather, scatters.
And so I tell you, every one of men's sins and blasphemies will be forgiven. But the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
Anyone who says a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven
in this world or in the world to come.
Matthew 12:22-32; Luke 11:14-23
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A Man Is Judged By His Words
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JESUS.
Make a tree sound and its fruit will be sound; make a tree rotten and its fruit will be rotten. For the tree can be recognized by its fruit.
Brood of vipers; how can you, who are evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. A good man,
out of the good things stored in his heart, brings forth good things and an evil man, out of the bad things stored in his heart, brings
forth bad things. So I tell you this, that for every malicious and baseless assertion [unfounded word] men speak, an accounting on the
Day of Judgement will be required. For it is by your words that you will be acquitted and it is by your words that you will be
condemned.
Matthew 12:33-37
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Return of the Unclean Spirit
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JESUS.
When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, it wanders through waterless country looking for a place to rest. Not finding one it says, "I
will return to the house that I came out of." On arriving, he finds it unoccupied, swept and straightened up. It then goes off and
collects and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and set up house there. The man ends up in a worse state
than he was before. That is what will happen to this evil generation.
Matthew 12:43-45; Luke 11:24-26
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