Mat 12:32, 36, 41-42 | ESV | STEP | And 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 .

a ch. 11:19; John 7:12; 9:24

b 1 Tim. 1:12, 13

c[See ver. 31 above]

d[Eph. 1:21]

e[Eph. 5:4, 11; 2 Pet. 1:8]

f Eccles. 12:14; Rom. 14:12; 1 Pet. 4:5

gSee Acts 17:31

h Jonah 1:2

i Heb. 11:7; [Jer. 3:11; Ezek. 16:51, 52; Rom. 2:27]

j Jonah 3:5

k ver. 6

l 1 Kgs. 10:1; 2 Chr. 9:1

m[See ver. 41 above]

Matthew 12:32

32 And whoever speaks a word ^aagainst the Son of Man ^bwill be forgiven, but ^cwhoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in ^dthis age or in the age to come.

Matthew 12:36

36 I tell you, ^eon the day of judgment ^fpeople will give account for ^gevery careless word they speak,

Matthew 12:41-42

41 ^hThe men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and ⁱcondemn it, for ^jthey repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, ^ksomething greater than Jonah is here. 42 ^lThe queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, ^msomething greater than Solomon is here.