Mark 3:29

But if anybody keeps on saying bad things about the Holy Spirit, those people will always be guilty, and God will punish them forever for saying those things. Saying bad things about the Holy Spirit is a sin that can never be forgiven.”

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In The King James Version

But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:

In Context

28Listen, people might turn away from God. They might do bad things and say bad things against God, but if they are sorry for everything they have said and done, God will say they are not guilty. He will forgive them and he will not punish them.

30Those Jewish lawmen thought that Jesus got all his power from the Devil and that is why Jesus talked to them like that.

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Cross References

Mark 12:40But some of those law teachers do bad things to other people. They trick old women that have lost their husbands. They take everything from those women and then try to make themselves look good by saying long prayers. They just pretend to live God's way. But I tell you, God will say that they are guilty and will punish them more than he punishes other people.” And you can read this story in Luke 21:1-4

Matthew Henry on Mark 3:23-31

The Blasphemy of the Scribes. 22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. 23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. 27 No man can enter into a… Read the whole commentary →

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