The Bible says in Matthew 12:22-37 [Jesus and Beelzebul]

The Bible says in Matthew chapter 12 verses 22 through 37:
Jesus and Beelzebul
22Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. 23All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”
24But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.”
25Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. 26If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? 27And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 28But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
29“Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
30“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. 31And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
33“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. 34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. 35A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. 36But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. 37For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Footnotes from the Life Application Study Bible:

12: 24 The Pharisees had already accused Jesus of being empowered by the prince of demons (9: 34). Now another group had come to discredit him with slander. Refusing to believe that Jesus had come from God, they accused him of being in league with Satan. They were trying to drive a wedge between Jesus and the people. Jesus easily exposed their foolish argument as self-contradictory and empty.

12: 25 In the Incarnation, Jesus gave up the rightful and unlimited use of his supernatural abilities (Philippians 2: 6-8). But as God, he still had divine wisdom and profound insight into human nature. His discernment stopped the religious leaders’ attempts to trick him. The resurrected Jesus knows all our thoughts and sees everything we do. This can be comforting because he knows what we need and what we really mean when we speak to him. It can be unsettling because we cannot hide our thoughts and actions from him, and he knows our selfish motives.

12: 29 At Jesus’ birth, Satan’s power and control were disrupted. In the wilderness Jesus overcame Satan’s temptations, and at the Resurrection he defeated Satan’s ultimate weapon— death. Eventually Satan will be constrained forever (Revelation 20: 10), and evil will no longer pervade the earth. Jesus came to plunder Satan’s house and free all his captives. He has complete power and authority over Satan and all his forces.

12: 30 It is impossible to be neutral about Jesus Christ. Anyone who is not actively following him has chosen a path leading away from him. Any person who tries to remain neutral in the struggle of good against evil is choosing to be separated from God, who alone is good. To refuse to follow Jesus is to choose to be on his opponent’s side.

12: 31-32 The Pharisees had blasphemed against the Holy Spirit by attributing the power by which Jesus did miracles to Satan (12: 24) instead of the Holy Spirit. The unpardonable sin might be summarized as the willful and intentional refusal to acknowledge God’s powerful, saving work through Jesus Christ as mediated by the Holy Spirit. The statement by the Pharisees indicates a deliberate and irreversible hardness of heart. Sometimes believers worry that they have accidentally committed this unforgivable sin. But only those who have completely turned their backs on God and rejected the way of repentance have any need to worry. Jesus said those people can’t be forgiven— not because their sin is worse than any other but because they refuse to ask for forgiveness. Whoever rejects the prompting of the Holy Spirit removes himself or herself from the only help that leads to repentance and restoration to God.

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