“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

He said to them, “How then does David by the Spirit call him ‘Lord,’ saying,

Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit.

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.

Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.

Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness.

For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

“I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am – I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming on him.

“Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

When he had contemplated this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!”