27. And if I drive out demons by beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? For this reason, they will be your judges.
28. But if I drive out demons by the Ruach Elohim, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
29. Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and carry off his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he will thoroughly plunder his house.
30. He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
31. “For this reason I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but blasphemy against the Ruach will not be forgiven.
32. Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Ruach ha-Kodesh will not be forgiven, neither in this age nor in the one to come.”
33. “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for the tree is known by its fruit.
34. You brood of vipers! How can you who are evil say anything good? For from the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
35. The good man from his good treasury brings forth good, and the evil man from his evil treasury brings forth evil.
36. But I tell you that on the Day of Judgment, men will give account for every careless word they speak.
37. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
38. Then some of the Torah scholars and Pharisees answered Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
39. But Yeshua replied to them, “An evil and adulterous generation clamors for a sign, yet no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.
40. For just as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
41. The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. And behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
42. The Queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
43. “Now when an unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places looking for rest and doesn’t find it.