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Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
Base gospel saying on the unforgivable sin
And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
Parallel gospel saying in Luke
But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.
Mark’s explicit wording
And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
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Supporting Passages
Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
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Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Related but broader warning about doing despite to the Spirit of grace
And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
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Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
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Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
General divine justice text
And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
Unintentional sin law, useful only as background
All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
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Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
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If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
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Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
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