Matthew:12:22-50

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ylt @Matthew:12:22 @Then was brought to him a demoniac , blind and dumb , and he healed him , so that the blind and dumb both spake and saw . ylt @Matthew:12:23 @And all the multitudes were amazed , and said , 'Is this the Son of David ?' ylt @Matthew:12:24 @but the Pharisees having heard , said , 'This one doth not cast out demons , except by Beelzeboul , ruler of the demons .' ylt @Matthew:12:25 @And Jesus , knowing their thoughts , said to them , 'Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated , and no city or house having been divided against itself , doth stand , ylt @Matthew:12:26 @and if the Adversary doth cast out the Adversary , against himself he was divided , how then doth his kingdom stand ? ylt @Matthew:12:27 @'And if I , by Beelzeboul , do cast out the demons , your sons -- by whom do they cast out ? because of this they -- they shall be your judges . ylt @Matthew:12:28 @'But if I , by the Spirit of God , do cast out the demons , then come already unto you did the reign of God . ylt @Matthew:12:29 @'Or how is one able to go into the house of the strong man , and to plunder his goods , if first he may not bind the strong man ? and then his house he will plunder . ylt @Matthew:12:30 @'He who is not with me is against me , and he who is not gathering with me , doth scatter . ylt @Matthew:12:31 @Because of this I say to you , all sin and evil speaking shall be forgiven to men , but the evil speaking of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men . ylt @Matthew:12:32 @And whoever may speak a word against the Son of Man it shall be forgiven to him , but whoever may speak against the Holy Spirit , it shall not be forgiven him , neither in this age , nor in that which is coming . ylt @Matthew:12:33 @'Either make the tree good , and its fruit good , or make the tree bad , and its fruit bad , for from the fruit is the tree known . ylt @Matthew:12:34 @'Brood of vipers ! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil ? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak . ylt @Matthew:12:35 @The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things , and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things . ylt @Matthew:12:36 @'And I say to you , that every idle word that men may speak , they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment ; ylt @Matthew:12:37 @for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous , and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous .' ylt @Matthew:12:38 @Then answered certain of the scribes and Pharisees , saying , 'Teacher , we will to see a sign from thee .' ylt @Matthew:12:39 @And he answering said to them , 'A generation , evil and adulterous , doth seek a sign , and a sign shall not be given to it , except the sign of Jonah the prophet ; ylt @Matthew:12:40 @for , as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights , so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights . ylt @Matthew:12:41 @'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation , and shall condemn it , for they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah , and lo , a greater than Jonah here ! ylt @Matthew:12:42 @'A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation , and shall condemn it , for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon , and lo , a greater than Solomon here ! ylt @Matthew:12:43 @'And , when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man , it doth walk through dry places seeking rest , and doth not find ; ylt @Matthew:12:44 @then it saith , I will turn back to my house whence I came forth ; and having come , it findeth [it ] unoccupied , swept , and adorned : ylt @Matthew:12:45 @then doth it go , and take with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself , and having gone in they dwell there , and the last of that man doth become worse than the first ; so shall it be also to this evil generation .' ylt @Matthew:12:46 @And while he was yet speaking to the multitudes , lo , his mother and brethren had stood without , seeking to speak to him , ylt @Matthew:12:47 @and one said to him , 'Lo , thy mother and thy brethren do stand without , seeking to speak to thee .' ylt @Matthew:12:48 @And he answering said to him who spake to him , 'Who is my mother ? and who are my brethren ?' ylt @Matthew:12:49 @And having stretched forth his hand toward his disciples , he said , 'Lo , my mother and my brethren ! ylt @Matthew:12:50 @for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens , he is my brother , and sister , and mother .'

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