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  "id": "matthew-12-25",
  "source": "Matthew",
  "pericope": "On Collusion with Satan",
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  "verse_start": 22,
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      "v": 22,
      "text": "Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him; and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw."
    },
    {
      "v": 23,
      "text": "All the multitudes were amazed, and said, “Can this be the son of David?”"
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      "v": 24,
      "text": "But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This man does not cast out demons except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”"
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      "v": 25,
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      "v": 25,
      "text": "Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them,"
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      "v": 25,
      "text": "“Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.",
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      "v": 26,
      "text": "If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?",
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      "v": 27,
      "text": "If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.",
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      "v": 28,
      "text": "But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come upon you.",
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      "v": 29,
      "text": "Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.",
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    {
      "v": 30,
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    {
      "v": 30,
      "text": "“He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters.",
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      "v": 31,
      "text": "Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.",
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      "v": 32,
      "text": "Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age, or in that which is to come.",
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      "v": 33,
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      "v": 33,
      "text": "“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.",
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      "v": 34,
      "text": "You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.",
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      "v": 35,
      "text": "The good man out of his good treasure",
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      "v": 35,
      "text": "brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.",
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      "v": 36,
      "text": "I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.",
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      "v": 37,
      "text": "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”",
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      "v": 22,
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      "v": 22,
      "text": "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."
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      "v": 23,
      "text": "And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?"
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      "v": 24,
      "text": "But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils."
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      "v": 25,
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      "v": 25,
      "text": "And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them,"
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      "v": 25,
      "text": "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:",
      "wj": true
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      "v": 26,
      "text": "And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?",
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      "v": 27,
      "text": "And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.",
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      "v": 28,
      "text": "But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.",
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      "v": 29,
      "text": "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.",
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      "v": 30,
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      "v": 30,
      "text": "He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.",
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      "text": "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.",
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      "v": 32,
      "text": "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.",
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      "v": 33,
      "text": "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.",
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      "v": 34,
      "text": "O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.",
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      "v": 35,
      "text": "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.",
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      "v": 36,
      "text": "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.",
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      "v": 37,
      "text": "For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.",
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      "pericope": "The Parable of Binding the Strong",
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          "v": 35,
          "text": "Jesus said,"
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          "v": 44,
          "text": "Jesus said,"
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          "v": 44,
          "text": "\"Whoever blasphemes the Father will be forgiven, and whoever blasphemes the Son will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, neither on earth nor in heaven.\"",
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