21. “And the nations shall trust in His Name.”
22. Then they brought to Him one who was demon-possessed, blind and dumb. And He healed him, so that the blind and dumb man both spoke and saw.
23. And all the crowds were amazed and said, “Is this the Son of Dawiḏ?”
24. But when the Pharisees heard it they said, “This one does not cast out demons except by Be‛elzebul, the ruler of the demons.”
25. And יהושע knew their thoughts, and said to them, “Every reign divided against itself is laid waste, and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.
26. “And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then does his reign stand?
27. “And if I, by Be‛elzebul, do cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Because of this they shall be your judges.
28. “But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of Elohim, then the reign of Elohim has come upon you.
29. “Or how is one able to enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he shall plunder his house.
30. “He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.
31. “Because of this I say to you, all sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven men.
32. “And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Aḏam, it shall be forgiven him, but whoever speaks against the Set-apart Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
33. “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten, for a tree is known by its fruit.
34. “Brood of adders! How are you able to speak what is good – being wicked? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.
35. “The good man brings forth what is good from the good treasures of his heart, and the wicked man brings forth what is wicked from the wicked treasure.
36. “And I say to you that for every idle word men speak, they shall give an account of it in the day of judgment.
37. “For by your words you shall be declared righteous, and by your words you shall be declared unrighteous.”
38. Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from You.”
39. But He answering, said to them, “A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Yonah.
40. “For as Yonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so shall the Son of Aḏam be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.