28. But if I expel demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you!
29. Or how can someone enter into the house of a strong man and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? And then he can thoroughly plunder his house.
30. The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.
31. For this reason I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven!
32. And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him either in this age or in the coming one!
33. “Either make the tree good and its fruit is good, or make the tree bad and its fruit is bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.
34. Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say good things when you are evil? For from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
35. The good person from his good treasury brings out good things, and the evil person from his evil treasury brings out evil things.
36. But I tell you that every worthless word that they speak, people will give an account for it on the day of judgment!
37. For by your words you will be vindicated, and by your words you will be condemned.”
38. Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you!”
39. But he answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation desires a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah!
40. For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
41. The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here!