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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Matthew 12 WEY</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">WEY</a> > Matthew 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/11.htm" title="Matthew 11">◄</a> Matthew 12 <a href="../matthew/13.htm" title="Matthew 13">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Weymouth New testament</div><div class="chap"><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">The Lord of the Sabbath<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../1_samuel/21.htm">1 Samuel 21:1-9</a>; <a href="../mark/2.htm#23">Mark 2:23-28</a>; <a href="../luke/6.htm">Luke 6:1-5</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>About that time Jesus passed on the Sabbath through the wheatfields; and His disciples became hungry, and began to gather ears of wheat and eat them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>But the Pharisees saw it and said to Him, "Look! your disciples are doing what the Law forbids them to do on the Sabbath." <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>"Have you never read," He replied, "what David did when he and his men were hungry? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>how he entered the House of God and ate the Presented Loaves, which it was not lawful for him or his men to eat, nor for any except the priests? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the Temple break the Sabbath without incurring guilt? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But I tell you that there is here that which is greater than the Temple. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And if you knew what this means, 'It is mercy I desire, not sacrifice', you would not have condemned those who are without guilt.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For the Son of Man is the Lord of the Sabbath."</p> <a name="9" id="9"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Heals on the Sabbath<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../mark/3.htm">Mark 3:1-6</a>; <a href="../luke/6.htm#6">Luke 6:6-11</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Departing thence He went to their synagogue, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>where there was a man with a shrivelled arm. And they questioned Him, "Is it right to cure people on the Sabbath?" Their intention was to bring a charge against Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>"Which of you is there," He replied, "who, if he has but a single sheep and it falls into a hole on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Is not a man, however, far superior to a sheep? Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath." <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then He said to the man, "Stretch out your arm." And he stretched it out, and it was restored quite sound like the other. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But the Pharisees after leaving the synagogue consulted together against Him, how they might destroy Him.</p> <a name="15" id="15"></a><p class="hdg">God's Chosen Servant<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../isaiah/42.htm">Isaiah 42:1-9</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Aware of this, Jesus departed elsewhere; and a great number of people followed Him, all of whom He cured. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But He gave them strict injunctions not to blaze abroad His doings, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>that those words of the Prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>"This is My servant whom I have chosen, My dearly loved One in whom My soul takes pleasure. I will put My spirit upon Him, and He will announce justice to the nations.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He will not wrangle or raise His voice, nor will His voice be heard in the broadways.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>A crushed reed He will not utterly break, nor will He quench the still smouldering wick, until He has led on Justice to victory.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And on His name shall the nations rest their hopes."</p> <a name="22" id="22"></a><p class="hdg">A House Divided<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../mark/3.htm#20">Mark 3:20-27</a>; <a href="../luke/11.htm#14">Luke 11:14-23</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>At that time a demoniac was brought to Him, blind and dumb; and He cured him, so that the dumb man could speak and see. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And the crowds of people were all filled with amazement and said, "Can this be the Son of David?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The Pharisees heard it and said, "This man only expels demons by the power of Baal-zebul, the Prince of demons."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Knowing their thoughts He said to them, "Every kingdom in which civil war has raged suffers desolation; and every city or house in which there is internal strife will be brought low. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And if Satan is expelling Satan, he has begun to make war on himself: how therefore shall his kingdom last? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And if it is by Baal-zebul's power that I expel the demons, by whose power do your disciples expel them? They therefore shall be your judges. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>But if it is by the power of the Spirit of God that I expel the demons, it is evident that the Kingdom of God has come upon you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Again, how can any one enter the house of a strong man and carry off his goods, unless first of all he masters and secures the strong man: then he will ransack his house.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>"The man who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me is scattering abroad.</p> <a name="31" id="31"></a><p class="hdg">The Unpardonable Sin<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../mark/3.htm#28">Mark 3:28-30</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>This is why I tell you that men may find forgiveness for every other sin and impious word, but that for impious speaking against the Holy Spirit they shall find no forgiveness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And whoever shall speak against the Son of Man may obtain forgiveness; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, neither in this nor in the coming age shall he obtain forgiveness."</p> <a name="33" id="33"></a><p class="hdg">A Tree Recognized by its Fruit<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/7.htm#15">Matthew 7:15-23</a>; <a href="../luke/6.htm#43">Luke 6:43-45</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>"Either grant the tree to be wholesome and its fruit wholesome, or the tree poisonous and its fruit poisonous; for the tree is known by its fruit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>O vipers' brood, how can you speak what is good when you are evil? For it is from the overflow of the heart that the mouth speaks. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>A good man from his good store produces good things, and a bad man from his bad store produces bad things. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>But I tell you that for every careless word that men shall speak they will be held accountable on the day of Judgement. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>For each of you by his words shall be justified, or by his words shall be condemned."</p> <a name="38" id="38"></a><p class="hdg">The Sign of Jonah<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../luke/11.htm#29">Luke 11:29-32</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Then He was accosted by some of the Scribes and of the Pharisees who said, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign given by you." <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>"Wicked and faithless generation!" He replied, "they clamour for a sign, but none shall be given to them except the sign of the Prophet Jonah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>For just as Jonah was three days in the sea-monster's belly, so will the Son of Man be three days in the heart of the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>There will stand up men of Nineveh at the Judgement together with the present generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and mark! there is One greater than Jonah here. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>The Queen of the south will awake at the Judgement together with the present generation, and will condemn it; because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and mark! there is One greater than Solomon here.</p> <a name="43" id="43"></a><p class="hdg">Return of an Unclean Spirit<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../luke/11.htm#24">Luke 11:24-26</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>"No sooner however has the foul spirit gone out of the man, then he roams about in places where there is no water, seeking rest but finding none. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Then he says, 'I will return to my house that I left;' and he comes and finds it unoccupied, swept clean, and in good order. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Then he goes and brings back with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they come in and dwell there; and in the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first. So will it be also with the present wicked generation."</p> <a name="46" id="46"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus' Mother and Brothers<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../mark/3.htm#31">Mark 3:31-35</a>; <a href="../luke/8.htm#19">Luke 8:19-21</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>While He was still addressing the people His mother and His brothers were standing on the edge of the crowd desiring to speak to Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>So some one told Him, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, and desire to speak to you." <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>"Who is my mother?" He said to the man; "and who are my brothers?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>And pointing to His disciples He added, "See here are my mother and my brothers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/12-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>To obey my Father who is in Heaven—that is to be my brother and my sister and my mother."</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Weymouth New testament<br /><br /><a href="//intbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy INT Bible<br />© 2012, Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../matthew/11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Matthew 11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Matthew 11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/matthew/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>