At this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “He’s blaspheming! ”
Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? See, now you’ve heard the blasphemy.
Then the scribes and the Pharisees began to think to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone? ”
Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord must be put to death; the whole community is to stone him. If he blasphemes the Name, he is to be put to death, whether the resident alien or the native.
You have heard the blasphemy. What is your decision? ” They all condemned him as deserving death.
For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,
because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.
“But the person who acts defiantly, whether native or resident alien, blasphemes the Lord. That person is to be cut off from his people.
“Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for all sins and whatever blasphemies they utter.
But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin” , #— #