22 aparañca yirūśālama āgatā ye ye’dhyāpakāste jagadurayaṁ puruṣo bhūtapatyābiṣṭastena bhūtapatinā bhūtān tyājayati|
23 tatastānāhūya yīśu rdṛṣṭāntaiḥ kathāṁ kathitavān śaitān kathaṁ śaitānaṁ tyājayituṁ śaknoti?
24 kiñcana rājyaṁ yadi svavirodhena pṛthag bhavati tarhi tad rājyaṁ sthiraṁ sthātuṁ na śaknoti|
25 tathā kasyāpi parivāro yadi parasparaṁ virodhī bhavati tarhi sopi parivāraḥ sthiraṁ sthātuṁ na śaknoti|
26 tadvat śaitān yadi svavipakṣatayā uttiṣṭhan bhinno bhavati tarhi sopi sthiraṁ sthātuṁ na śaknoti kintūcchinno bhavati|
27 aparañca prabalaṁ janaṁ prathamaṁ na baddhā kopi tasya gṛhaṁ praviśya dravyāṇi luṇṭhayituṁ na śaknoti, taṁ badvvaiva tasya gṛhasya dravyāṇi luṇṭhayituṁ śaknoti|
28 atoheto ryuṣmabhyamahaṁ satyaṁ kathayāmi manuṣyāṇāṁ santānā yāni yāni pāpānīśvaranindāñca kurvvanti teṣāṁ tatsarvveṣāmaparādhānāṁ kṣamā bhavituṁ śaknoti,
29 kintu yaḥ kaścit pavitramātmānaṁ nindati tasyāparādhasya kṣamā kadāpi na bhaviṣyati sonantadaṇḍasyārho bhaviṣyati|
30 tasyāpavitrabhūto’sti teṣāmetatkathāhetoḥ sa itthaṁ kathitavān|