Jesus the Spirit King who Makes a Tree Good

In Matthew 12:22-37, Jesus engages the Pharisees in a controversy about his healing of a demon-possessed, deaf and mute man.  Threatened by Jesus, the Pharisees claim he's healing by the power of Satan.  In this passage Jesus warns against blasphemy of the Holy Spirit and tells a parable about our hearts being like a tree that produces fruit.  By Noel Piepgrass