28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come to you.

29 Or how can a man enter into the house of a strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong? and then he shall plunder his house.

30 He who is not with me is against me; and whoever does not gather with Me scatters.

31 Therefore I say unto you, All sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men.

32 If any man speak a word against the Son of Man, he shall be forgiven. but if anyone speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him either in this world or in the world to come.

33 Or consider the tree good, and its fruit good; or acknowledge the tree as bad, and its fruit as bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.

34 Spawn of vipers! How can you speak good when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

35 A good man brings out good things out of a good treasure, and an evil man brings out evil things out of an evil treasure.

36 And I say unto you, that for every idle word that men speak, they shall give account in the day of judgment, saying,

37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.

38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said, 'Teacher! we would like to see a sign from You.

39 But he answered and said unto them, 'A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh a sign; and no sign shall be given him, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;

40 For as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

41 And the Ninevites shall rise up to judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for they have repented because of the preaching of Jonah; and behold, there is more Jonah here.