Matthew 12:31-33

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³¹Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.^[a] ³²And whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

A Tree and Its Fruit

³³“Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.

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Footnotes

12.31 To attribute to the devil the works of the Holy Spirit seems to imply a hardness of heart that precludes repentance.

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