Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit
After Jesus casts out a demon, Pharisees accuse him of acting by Beelzebul. Jesus warns that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
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Matthew includes the Beelzebul controversy within a series of conflict stories and adds the saying about "every idle word" at judgment. Mark frames it with Jesus's family thinking he is "out of his mind," creating a Markan sandwich between family rejection and religious opposition.
Includes the exorcism of a blind and mute demoniac as the trigger, plus the "tree and its fruit" saying.
Sandwiches the Beelzebul accusation between Jesus's family coming to restrain him, linking two forms of rejection.
The bulk of Jesus's public work centered in Galilee: calling of the Twelve, the Sermon on the Mount, parables, miracles, and growing opposition.
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