But if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you can never be forgiven. That sin will be held against you for ever.
Then Jesus said, “Those people will be punished for ever. But the ones who pleased God will have eternal life.”
Some teachers of the Law of Moses said to themselves, “Jesus must think he is God!”
But they cheat widows out of their homes and pray long prayers just to show off. They will be punished most of all.
Jesus said this because the people were saying that he had an evil spirit in him.
If you speak against the Son of Man, you can be forgiven, but if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you cannot be forgiven.
Their punishment will be eternal destruction, and they will be kept far from the presence of our Lord and his glorious strength.
Their shameful deeds show up like foam on wild ocean waves. They are like wandering stars for ever doomed to the darkest pits of hell.
We should also be warned by what happened to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the nearby towns. Their people became immoral and did all sorts of sexual sins. Then God made an example of them and punished them with eternal fire.