Matthew 12
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Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath Day
1One Sabbath day Jesus was walking through some grainfields. His disciples were hungry, so they began to break off heads of grain and eat them. 2The Pharisees saw this and told Jesus, “Look! Your disciples are doing something that’s against the Law to do on the Sabbath day!”
3Jesus answered, “Haven’t you read about what David did when he and his men were hungry? 4He went into the house of God, and he and his men ate the holy bread that only the priests were supposed to eat. 5Or haven’t you read in the Law how the priests in the temple do their regular work even on the Sabbath day, but they aren’t considered guilty? 6I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. 7Scripture says, ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ If you knew what those words meant, you wouldn’t have accused people who were innocent. 8The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath day.”
9Jesus went on from that place and entered a synagogue. 10A man with a weak and twisted hand was there. The Pharisees wanted to accuse Jesus of doing something wrong, so they asked him, “Does the Law permit healing on the Sabbath day?”
11He answered them, “What if one of your sheep fell into a pit on the Sabbath day? Wouldn’t you grab hold of it and lift it out? 12A person is worth far more than a sheep! So the Law allows us to do good on the Sabbath day.”
13Then Jesus said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it became as good as new, just as strong as the other hand. 14But the Pharisees went out and started making plans to kill Jesus.
God’s Chosen Servant
15Jesus knew what the Pharisees were planning, so he left that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed everyone who was sick. 16But he warned them not to tell other people about him. 17This was to make what the prophet Isaiah had said come true:
18“Here is my servant, the one I have chosen.
He’s the one I love, and I’m very pleased with him.
I will put my Spirit on him,
and he’ll announce to the nations that everything is going to be made right.
19He won’t argue or cry out;
no one will hear his voice in the streets.
20He won’t break a bent twig,
and he won’t snuff out a smoldering wick.
He’ll make right win over wrong,
21and the nations will put their hope in him.”
Jesus and the Prince of Demons
22Then they brought Jesus a man who was controlled by demons that kept him from speaking or seeing. Jesus healed the man so that he could speak and see. 23All the people were amazed and asked, “Could this be the Son of David?”
24But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man drives out demons by the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons.”
25Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said to them, “Every kingdom that fights against itself will be destroyed. Every city or family that is divided against itself will not last. 26If Satan drives out Satan, he’s fighting against himself, so how can his kingdom last? 27You say I drive out demons by the power of Beelzebul. Then by whose power do your own people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 28But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is right here with you.
29“Or think about this. You can’t just walk into a strong man’s house and take what he owns. You have to tie him up first, and then you can rob his house.
30“Anyone who isn’t with me is against me, and anyone who doesn’t gather with me scatters. 31And so I tell you, every kind of sin and insult can be forgiven, but saying that the Holy Spirit is evil will not be forgiven. 32Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the one to come.
33“If you make a tree good, its fruit will be good. If you make a tree bad, its fruit will be bad. You can tell a tree by its fruit. 34You nest of vipers! How can you who are bad say anything good? Whatever is in your heart comes out of your mouth. 35Good people say good things out of the good that’s stored up inside them, but bad people say bad things out of what’s stored up inside them. 36I tell you that everyone will have to account on judgment day for every word they’ve spoken that hasn’t done any good. 37You’ll be found guilty or not guilty based on your words.”
The Sign of Jonah
38Some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus and said, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
39He answered, “It’s a rebellious and unfaithful generation that asks for a sign! But it won’t be given any except for the sign of the prophet Jonah. Just as 40Jonah was in the belly of a huge fish for three days and three nights, the Son of Man will spend three days and three nights in the grave. 41The people of Nineveh will stand up on judgment day with this generation and show that it’s guilty. They turned away from their sins when Jonah preached to them, and now something greater than Jonah is here. 42The Queen of the South will stand up on judgment day with this generation and show that it’s guilty. She came from far away to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.
43“When an evil spirit comes out of a person, it goes through the deserts looking for a place to rest, but it doesn’t find any. 44Then it says, ‘I’ll return to the house I just left.’ When it gets back, it finds the house swept clean and put in order, with no one living in it. 45Then the evil spirit goes and gets seven other spirits that are even worse than it is, and they all go live there. Then the person is worse off than they were before. That’s how it will be with this rebellious generation.”
Jesus’ Mother and Brothers
46While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers came and stood outside, wanting to speak to him. 47Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside and they want to speak to you.”
48Jesus replied to him, “Who is my mother? And who are my brothers?” 49Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here is my mother! Here are my brothers! 50Anyone who does what my heavenly Father wants is my brother and sister and mother.”
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Matthew 12
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1At that time Yeshua [God is Salvation] passed through the standing grain on the Shabbat [rest] day, and his disciples, being hungry, began to pluck the ears and to crush them between their hands and to eat them.
2The P’rushim (Pharisees) [separatists] saw it and said to him: ‘Look! your disciples are doing that which is not proper (one’s own; peculiar; particular) to do on the Shabbat [rest] day’.
3Yeshua [God is Salvation] answered them: “Have you not read what David [Beloved] did when he was hungry and his men”
4“in the house of Elohim (The Many Powered) [The Living Word of God] when they ate from the show-bread, which is not to be eaten except by the priests alone?”
5“Also in the Torah have you not read that the priests in the temple sometimes Profane (treat as common; defile) the Shabbat [rest] and are without sin?”
6“Truly I say to you that This Temple is greater”.
7“If you had known what this means: ‘I desire kindness and not sacrifice’ you would not have convicted the innocent”
8“For the Son of Man is Adon [Lord - Kurios of the earth] of the Shabbat [rest]”.
9It came to pass at the end of those days that Yeshua [God is Salvation] passed on from there and entered into their Synagogue.
10A man was there with a withered hand: so they asked him saying: ‘Is it permissible to heal him on the Shabbat [rest]?’
11He said to them: “Who among you has a sheep that falls into a pit on the Shabbat [rest] day and does not raise it up?”
12“So much the more precious is a man than that. Therefore it is permissible for man to be made well on the Shabbat [rest]”
13Then he said to the man: “Stretch out your hand”. He stretched it out and it was restored like the other.
14Then the P’rushim (Pharisees) [separatists] took counsel and plotted to put him to death.
15It came to pass after this that Yeshua [God is Salvation] knew it; so he turned aside from there. Many sick followed him and he healed all of them.
16He commanded them saying not to reveal him
17in order to fulfill what was spoken by Yesha’yahu [the salvation of our God] the Prophet:
18“Behold My slave whom I uphold, My Chosen One in whom my soul is delighted: I have put My Ruach [Spirit [Ruach]] upon him, and he will declare justice to the nations.
19“He will not cry out nor lift up nor cause his voice to be heard in the street”.
20“A crushed reed he will not break and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will establish justice according to the truth; he will not fail or be discouraged until he establishes justice in the earth”
21“and the Goyim [Gentiles] shall wait for his teaching”
22Then there was brought to him a blind and dumb man who was demon possessed; he healed him. The crowds saw
23and were amazed and said: ‘Is this not the Son of David [Beloved]’?
24The P’rushim (Pharisees) [separatists] were quick to hear and said: ‘This one does not cast out demons except by Ba’al-zevuv [Lord - Kurios of the Flies], the lord of demons’
25Yeshua [God is Salvation] knew their thoughts and said to them in a parable: “Every kingdom among you divided shall be made desolate, and also every city or house, upon which division shall fall, shall not stand”
26“If Satan [the adversary] casts out another Satan [the adversary], there will be division among them; how will his kingdom stand?
27“If I cast out demons by Ba’al-zevuv [Lord - Kurios of the Flies], why do your sons not cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges”
28“But if I cast out demons by The Ruach [Spirit [Ruach]] of Elohim (The Many Powered) [The Living Word of God], truly the Kingdom of heaven has come”
29“How shall a man be able to enter the house of the strong man to take his goods unless he binds him first? Then he shall plunder his house”.
30“Whoever is not with me is against me. Whoever does not join himself to me denies me”
31“Therefore I say to you that every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven the sons of men, but blasphemy of The Ruach [Spirit [Ruach]] will not be forgiven”
32“Everyone who says a word against The Son of Man, it will be forgiven him. But everyone who says a word against Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit [Ruach]), it will not be forgiven him, either in this world, or in the world to come”
33“Determine the tree good because of good fruit, or the tree bad because of bad fruit; because the tis; from the fruit the tree will be known”
34“Family of vipers, how can you speak good things when you are evil?. Surely the mouth opens, the heart speaks”
35“A good man from the treasure of a good heart brings forth good; an evil man from the treasure of an evil heart brings forth evil”
36“I say to you that for all the words which a man shall speak he will be obliged to give an account on the day of judgment”.
37“According to your words you will be judged and according to your deeds you will be convicted”.
38At that time, some of the P’rushim (Pharisees) [separatists] and Torah-teachers (Scribes) came to Yeshua [God is Salvation] saying: We wish to see a sign from heaven by you.
39He said to them: “An evil and ungodly generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Yonah [dove] the Prophet.
40“For as he was in the bowels (inward parts; affections) of the fish three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the belly of the earth, buried for three days and three nights”.
41“The men of Ninevah will rise up in judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, because they turned in repentance at the words of Yonah [dove] and I am greater than Yonah [dove]”
42“The queen of Sheba, will rise up in judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold! I am greater than Solomon”
43“When the unclean Spirit [Ruach] goes out from the man, he goes through waterless places seeking rest, but does not find it”
44“Then he says: ‘I will return to my house from which I came out, and he goes and finds it empty, safe and ready”
45“Then he takes seven spirits more evil than himself, and they go with him and they dwell there, and the latter state of the man is worse than his first. Thus it will be with this evil generation”.
46While he was speaking to all the crowds, behold his mother and his brothers were standing outside seeking him to speak with him.
47A man said to him: ‘Look! your mother and your brothers are seeking to see you’
48He answered the one who spoke to him: “Who are my brothers and who is my mother?”
49He stretched out his hands to his disciples and said: “These are my mother and brothers”
50“Everyone who does the will of my Father Who is in heaven, is my brother, my sister, and my mother.”
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