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.