Chapter 12
Matthew
12:1 At that time YASHUWAH went on the sabbath through the grain, and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears of grain, and to eat.
12:2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, your disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.
12:3 But he said to them, Have you* not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him;
12:4 How he entered into the house of Elohim, and ate the show-bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
12:5 Or have you* not read in the law, that on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
12:6 But I say to you*, that in this place is one greater than the temple.
12:7 But if you* had known what this means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, you* would not have condemned the guiltless.
12:8 For the Son of man is Master even of the sabbath.
12:9 And when he had departed from there, he went into their synagogue.
12:10 And behold, there was a man who had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? so that they might accuse him.
12:11 And he said to them, What man shall there be among you*, who shall have one sheep, and if it shall fall into a pit on the sabbath, will he not lay hold upon it, and lift it out?
12:12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? therefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
12:13 Then he says to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out; and it was restored to a sound state like the other.
12:14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
12:15 But when YASHUWAH knew it, he withdrew himself from there: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all.
12:16 And charged them that they should not make him known:
12:17 So that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,
12:18 Behold, my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall show judgment to the Gentiles.
12:19 He shall not contend, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
12:20 A bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he shall send forth judgment to victory.
12:21 And in his name the Gentiles shall trust.
12:22 Then one was brought to him possessed with a devil, blind and mute; and he healed him, so that the blind and mute both spoke and saw.
12:23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is this not the son of David?
12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man does not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
12:25 And YASHUWAH 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.
12:26 And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?
12:27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your* children expel them? therefore they shall be your* judges.
12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of Elohim, then the kingdom of Elohim has come to you*.
12:29 Or else, how can one enter into a strong man's house, and seize his goods, unless he shall first bind the strong man? and then he will plunder his house.
12:30 He who is not with me, is against me; and he who does not gather with me, scatters abroad.
12:31 Therefore I say to you*, For all manner of sin and blasphemy men shall be forgiven: but for the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit men shall not be forgiven.
12:32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven: but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven, neither in this world, or in the world to come.
12:33 Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.
12:34 O generation of vipers, how can you*, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
12:35 A 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.
12:36 But I say to you*, That for every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account in the day of judgment.
12:37 For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.
12:38 Then some of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we wish to see a sign from you.
12:39 But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah.
12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale: so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.
12:42 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, one greater than Solomon is here.
12:43 When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and he finds none.
12:44 Then he says, I will return into my house from where I came out; and when he has come, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished.
12:45 Then he goes, 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 it shall also be to this wicked generation.
12:46 While he was yet speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, desiring to speak with him.
12:47 Then one said to him, Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to speak with you.
12:48 But he answered and said to him who told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brothers?
12:49 And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brothers!
12:50 For whoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, sister, and mother.