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Themes in Matthew 12
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Themes in Matthew 12

Matthew 12:1

At that time Jesus walked one sabbath through the wheat fields, and His disciples became hungry, and began to pull the heads of wheat and eat them.

Matthew 12:2

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, "Just look! Your disciples are doing something that it is against the law to do on the sabbath!"

Matthew 12:3

But He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he and his soldiers became hungry?

Matthew 12:4

How he went into the house of God, and they ate the sacred loaves, which it was against the law for him or his soldiers to eat, or for anyone except the priests?

Matthew 12:5

Or, did you never read in the law that the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and yet are not guilty?

Matthew 12:6

But I tell you, there is something greater than the temple here!

Matthew 12:7

If you only knew what that saying means, 'It is mercy and not sacrifice that I want,' you would not have condemned men who are not guilty.

Matthew 12:8

For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath."

Matthew 12:9

And on leaving there He went into their synagogue.

Matthew 12:10

Now there was a man there with one hand withered. And, to get a charge against Him, they asked Him, "Is it right to cure people on the sabbath?"

Matthew 12:11

But He said to them, "What man is there among you, if he has only one sheep and it falls into a ditch on the sabbath, will not lay hold on it and lift it out?

Matthew 12:12

And how much more a man is worth than a sheep! So it is right to do good on the sabbath."

Matthew 12:13

Then He said to the man, "Hold out your hand." And he held it out, and it was cured so that it became like the other.

Matthew 12:14

But the Pharisees went out and held a consultation against Him, to put Him to death.

Matthew 12:15

But because Jesus knew it, He left there. And many people followed Him, and He cured them all,

Matthew 12:16

and charged them not to publish Him,

Matthew 12:17

and in this way fulfilled the saying spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

Matthew 12:18

"Here is my Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved, in whom my soul delights itself. I will endow Him with my Spirit, and He will announce a judgment to the heathen.

Matthew 12:19

He will not debate, nor challenge anyone; His voice will no one hear in the streets;

Matthew 12:20

A broken reed He will not break off; a flickering wick He will not put out, until He brings His judgment to victory.

Matthew 12:21

On His name the heathen will set their hopes."

Matthew 12:22

At that time some people brought to Him a man under the power of demons, who was blind and dumb, and He cured him, so that the dumb man could talk and see.

Matthew 12:23

And all the crowds of people were dumbfounded, and began to say, "He is by no means the Son of David, is He?"

Matthew 12:24

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man is not driving out demons except by the help of Beelzebub, the prince of the demons."

Matthew 12:25

But because He knew their thoughts, He said to them, "Any kingdom that is not united is in the process of destruction, and any city or family that is not united cannot last.

Matthew 12:26

Now if Satan is driving out Satan, he has become disunited; how then can his kingdom last?

Matthew 12:27

And if I am driving out demons by the help of Beelzebub, by whose help are your sons driving them out? So they must be your judges.

Matthew 12:28

But if I by the Spirit of God am driving the demons out, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

Matthew 12:29

Or, how can anyone get into a giant's house and carry off his goods, unless he first binds the giant? After that he can make a clean sweep of his house.

Matthew 12:30

Whoever is not in partnership with me is against me, and whoever does not gather in partnership with me scatters.

Matthew 12:31

So I tell you, every sin and all abusive speech will be forgiven men, but abuse against the Spirit cannot be forgiven.

Matthew 12:32

And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven for it, but whoever speaks abusively against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven for it, either in this world or in the world to come.

Matthew 12:33

"You must either make the tree healthy and its fruits healthy or make the tree sickly and its fruits sickly, for a tree is judged by its fruit.

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers! How can you, wicked as you are, say anything that is good? For the mouth talks about the things that fill the heart.

Matthew 12:35

The good man out of his good inner storehouse, brings out good things, the bad man, out of his bad one, bad things.

Matthew 12:36

So I tell you, for every worthless word that men utter they will have to give account on the day of judgment;

Matthew 12:37

for it is by your words that you will be acquitted and by your words that you will be condemned."

Matthew 12:38

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered Him as follows: "Teacher, we would like to see a spectacular sign given by you."

Matthew 12:39

But He answered, "Only a wicked and treacherous age is hankering for a spectacular sign, and no sign will be given it but the sign of the prophet Jonah.

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was in the whale's stomach for three days and nights, the Son of Man will be three days and nights in the heart of the earth.

Matthew 12:41

The men of Nineveh will rise with the leaders of this age at the judgment and condemn them, for they turned to the message preached by Jonah, and there is more than Jonah here!

Matthew 12:42

The queen of the south will rise with the leaders of this age at the judgment and condemn them, for she came from the farthest limits of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom, and there is more than Solomon here!

Matthew 12:43

"Whenever the foul spirit goes out of a man, it wanders about in deserts in search of rest, but cannot find it.

Matthew 12:44

Then it says, 'I will go back to my house which I left,' and it finds it unoccupied, swept, and ready for use.

Matthew 12:45

"Then it goes and gets seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and make their home there, and so the end of that man is worse than the beginning. This is the way it will be with the wicked leaders of this age."

Matthew 12:46

While He was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and His brothers had taken their stand outside, trying hard to get to speak to Him.

Matthew 12:47

Omitted Text.

Matthew 12:48

But He answered the man who told Him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?"

Matthew 12:49

And with a gesture toward His disciples He said, "Here are my mother and my brothers.

Matthew 12:50

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my mother and sister and brother."
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