Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit (MRK 3:22-30)

[3:22] And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.”

[3:23] And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?

[3:24] If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

[3:25] And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

[3:26] And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end.

[3:27] But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.

[3:28] “Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter,

[3:29] but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”—

[3:30] for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”