Then was brought unto him one possessed with a demon, blind and dumb:
and he healed him, insomuch that the dumb man spake and saw. And all
the multitudes were amazed, and said, "Can this be the son of David?"
But when the Pharisees heard it, and the scribes that came down from
Jerusalem, they said, "This man doth not cast out demons, but by
Beelzebub the prince of the demons."
And knowing their thoughts he said unto them, "Every kingdom divided
against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house
divided against itself shall not stand: and if Satan casteth out
Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom
stand? And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons
cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. But if I by the
Spirit of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon
you.
"When the strong man fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are
in peace: but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and
overcome him, he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted,
and divideth his spoils. He that is not with me is against me; and he
that gathereth not with me scattereth.
"Verily I say unto you, All their sins shall be forgiven unto the sons
of men, and their blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
but whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath never
forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin:" because they said, "He
hath an unclean spirit."
"Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree
corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit. Ye
offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for
out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. The good man out
of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out
of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. And I say unto you,
that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account
thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be
justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."