At that, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”
whoever utters the name of the Lord in a curse shall be put to death. The whole community shall stone that person; alien and native-born alike must be put to death for uttering the Lord’s name in a curse.
But anyone who acts defiantly, whether a native or an alien, reviles the Lord, and shall be cut off from among the people.
Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! What further need have we of witnesses? You have now heard the blasphemy;
for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?” They all condemned him as deserving to die.
Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven them.
But whoever blasphemes against the holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin.”
From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder,
Then the scribes and Pharisees began to ask themselves, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who but God alone can forgive sins?”