Part 14

40:012:018 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

40:012:019 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.

40:012:020 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

40:012:021 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.

40:012:022 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

40:012:023 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?

40:012:024 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

40:012:025 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

40:012:026 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?

40:012:027 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.

40:012:028 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.

40:012:029 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

40:012:030 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

40:012:031 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

40:012:032 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

40:012:033 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

40:012:034 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

40:012:035 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

40:012:036 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

40:012:037 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

40:012:038 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.

40:012:039 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

40:012:040 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

40:012:041 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

40:012:042 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

40:012:043 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

40:012:044 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

40:012:045 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.