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Matthew 12:1 (NIV)
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them.
Matthew 12:2 (NIV)
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”
Matthew 12:3 (NIV)
He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
Matthew 12:4 (NIV)
He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests.
Matthew 12:5 (NIV)
Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
Matthew 12:6 (NIV)
I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.
Matthew 12:7 (NIV)
If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
Matthew 12:8 (NIV)
For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
Matthew 12:9 (NIV)
Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue,
Matthew 12:10 (NIV)
and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
Matthew 12:11 (NIV)
He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out?
Matthew 12:12 (NIV)
How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
Matthew 12:13 (NIV)
Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other.
Matthew 12:14 (NIV)
But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
Matthew 12:15 (NIV)
Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill.
Matthew 12:16 (NIV)
He warned them not to tell others about him.
Matthew 12:17 (NIV)
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
Matthew 12:18 (NIV)
“Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
Matthew 12:19 (NIV)
He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear his voice in the streets.
Matthew 12:20 (NIV)
A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he has brought justice through to victory.
Matthew 12:21 (NIV)
In his name the nations will put their hope.”
Matthew 12:22 (NIV)
Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see.
Matthew 12:23 (NIV)
All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”
Matthew 12:24 (NIV)
But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.”
Matthew 12:25 (NIV)
Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.