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MATTHEW 12

¹ At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat. ²But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, your disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath day. ³But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was an hungered, and they that were with him; ⁴How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? ⁵Or have you not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? ⁶But I say to you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. ⁷But if you had known what this means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltless. ⁸For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. ⁹And when he was departed there, he went into their synagogue:

¹⁰And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. ¹¹And he said to them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? ¹²How much then is a man better than a sheep? Why it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. ¹³Then says he to the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

¹⁴Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. ¹⁵But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from there: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; ¹⁶And charged them that they should not make him known: ¹⁷That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, ¹⁸Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit on him, and he shall show judgment to the Gentiles. ¹⁹He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. ²⁰A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment to victory. ²¹And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.

²²Then was brought to him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw. ²³And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? ²⁴But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. ²⁵And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: ²⁶And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? ²⁷And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. ²⁸But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come to you. ²⁹Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. ³⁰He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathers not with me scatters abroad.

³¹Why I say to you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven to men. ³²And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whoever speaks against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. ³³Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. ³⁴O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. ³⁵A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. ³⁶But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. ³⁷For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.

³⁸Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from you. ³⁹But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: ⁴⁰For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. ⁴¹ The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. ⁴² The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. ⁴³ When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. ⁴⁴Then he says, I will return into my house from where I came out; and when he is come, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished. ⁴⁵Then goes he, and takes with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also to this wicked generation.

⁴⁶While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood without, desiring to speak with him. ⁴⁷Then one said to him, Behold, your mother and your brothers stand without, desiring to speak with you. ⁴⁸But he answered and said to him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brothers? ⁴⁹And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brothers! ⁵⁰For whoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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Matthew Henry

300 years ago

In this chapter, we have,

Christ’s clearing of the law of the fourth commandment concerning the sabbath-day, and vindicating it from some superstitious notions advanced by the Jewish teachers; showing that works of necessity and mercy are to be done on that day, Matt 12:1~Matt 12:13.
The prudence, humility, and self-denial of our Lord Jesus in working his miracles, Matt 12:14~Matt 12:21.
Christ’s answer to the blasphemous cavils and calumnies of the scribes and Pharisees, who imputed his casting out devils to a compact with the devil, Matt 12:22~Matt 12:37.
Christ’s reply to a tempting demand of the scribes and Pharisees, challenging him to show them a sign from heaven, Matt 12:38~Matt 12:45.
Christ’s judgment about his kindred and relations, Matt 12:46~Matt 12:50.

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