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<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>&#147;Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>&#147;But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>&#147;But if you had known what this means, &#145;I <font size="1">DESIRE</font> <font size="1">COMPASSION</font>, <font size="1">AND NOT A SACRIFICE</font>,&#146; you would not have condemned the innocent.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>Lord of the Sabbath</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>&#147;For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.&#148;<p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>Departing from there, He went into their synagogue. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>And a man <i>was there</i> whose hand was withered. And they questioned Jesus, asking, &#147;Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?&#148;&#151;so that they might accuse Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>And He said to them, &#147;What man is there among you who has a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>&#147;How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.&#148; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>Then He said to the man, &#147;Stretch out your hand!&#148; He stretched it out, and it was restored to normal, like the other. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, <i>as to</i> how they might destroy Him.<p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>But Jesus, aware of <i>this,</i> withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and He healed them all, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>and warned them not to tell who He was. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span><i>This was</i> to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:<p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>&#147;B<font size="1">EHOLD</font>, M<font size="1">Y</font> S<font size="1">ERVANT WHOM</font> I <font size="1">HAVE CHOSEN</font>;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;M<font size="1">Y</font> B<font size="1">ELOVED IN WHOM</font> M<font size="1">Y SOUL</font> is <font size="1">WELL</font>-<font size="1">PLEASED</font>;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I <font size="1">WILL PUT</font> M<font size="1">Y</font> S<font size="1">PIRIT UPON</font> H<font size="1">IM</font>,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A<font size="1">ND</font> H<font size="1">E SHALL PROCLAIM</font> <font size="1">JUSTICE TO THE</font> G<font size="1">ENTILES</font>.<p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>&#147;H<font size="1">E WILL NOT QUARREL</font>, <font size="1">NOR CRY OUT</font>;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;N<font size="1">OR WILL ANYONE HEAR</font> H<font size="1">IS VOICE IN THE STREETS</font>.<p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>&#147;A <font size="1">BATTERED REED</font> H<font size="1">E WILL NOT BREAK OFF</font>,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A<font size="1">ND A SMOLDERING WICK</font> H<font size="1">E WILL NOT PUT OUT</font>,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;U<font size="1">NTIL</font> H<font size="1">E</font> <font size="1">LEADS</font> <font size="1">JUSTICE TO VICTORY</font>.<p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>&#147;A<font size="1">ND IN</font> H<font size="1">IS NAME THE</font> G<font size="1">ENTILES</font> <font size="1">WILL HOPE</font>.&#148;<br><p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Pharisees Rebuked</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>Then a demon-possessed man <i>who was</i> blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>All the crowds were amazed, and were saying, &#147;This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?&#148; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>But when the Pharisees heard <i>this,</i> they said, &#147;This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.&#148;<p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>And knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, &#147;Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself will not stand. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>&#147;If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>&#147;If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast <i>them</i> out? For this reason they will be your judges. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>&#147;But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>&#147;Or how can anyone enter the strong man&#146;s house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong <i>man?</i> And then he will plunder his house.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Unpardonable Sin</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>&#147;He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters.<p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>&#147;Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>&#147;Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the <i>age</i> to come.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>Words Reveal Character</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>&#147;Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>&#147;You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>&#147;The good man brings out of <i>his</i> good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of <i>his</i> evil treasure what is evil. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>&#147;But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-37.htm" target="_top"><b>37</b></a></span>&#147;For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.&#148;<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Desire for Signs</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-38.htm" target="_top"><b>38</b></a></span>Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, &#147;Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.&#148; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-39.htm" target="_top"><b>39</b></a></span>But He answered and said to them, &#147;An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and <i>yet</i> no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-40.htm" target="_top"><b>40</b></a></span>for just as J<font size="1">ONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE</font> <font size="1">NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER</font>, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-41.htm" target="_top"><b>41</b></a></span>&#147;The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-42.htm" target="_top"><b>42</b></a></span>&#147;<i>The</i> Queen of <i>the</i> South will rise up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.<p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-43.htm" target="_top"><b>43</b></a></span>&#147;Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find <i>it.</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-44.htm" target="_top"><b>44</b></a></span>&#147;Then it says, &#145;I will return to my house from which I came&#146;; and when it comes, it finds <i>it</i> unoccupied, swept, and put in order. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-45.htm" target="_top"><b>45</b></a></span>&#147;Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation.&#148;<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>Changed Relationships</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-46.htm" target="_top"><b>46</b></a></span>While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-47.htm" target="_top"><b>47</b></a></span>Someone said to Him, &#147;Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak to You.&#148; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-48.htm" target="_top"><b>48</b></a></span>But Jesus answered the one who was telling Him and said, &#147;Who is My mother and who are My brothers?&#148; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-49.htm" target="_top"><b>49</b></a></span>And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, &#147;Behold My mother and My brothers! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/12-50.htm" target="_top"><b>50</b></a></span>&#147;For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother.&#148;<p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">NASB 1995 Copyright &copy; 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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