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Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 12

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Chapter 12 of Matthew—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. 1At that [a]time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to 2pick the heads of grain and eat.
  2. But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples do what 3is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.”
  3. But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions,
  4. how he entered the house of God, and 4they ate the [b]consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?
  5. Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple [c]break the Sabbath and are innocent?
  6. But I say to you that something 5greater than the temple is here.
  7. But if you had known what this [d]means, ‘6I DESIRE [e]COMPASSION, AND NOT A SACRIFICE,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
  8. ¶ For 7the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
  9. 8Departing from there, He went into their synagogue.
  10. And a man was there whose hand was withered. And they questioned [f]Jesus, asking, “9Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might accuse Him.
  11. And He said to them, “10What man [g]is there among you who [h]has a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
  12. 11How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do [i]good on the Sabbath.”
  13. Then He *said to the man, “Stretch out your hand!” 12He stretched it out, and it was restored to [j]normal, like the other.
  14. But the Pharisees went out and [k]13conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.
  15. ¶ But Jesus, [l]aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and 14He healed them all,
  16. and 15warned them not to [m]tell who He was.
  17. This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:
  18. ¶ “16BEHOLD, MY [n]SERVANT WHOM I [o]HAVE CHOSEN;
    17MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL [p]is WELL-PLEASED;
    18I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM,
    19AND HE SHALL PROCLAIM [q]JUSTICE TO THE [r]GENTILES.
  19. “20HE WILL NOT QUARREL, NOR CRY OUT;
    NOR WILL ANYONE HEAR HIS VOICE IN THE STREETS.
  20. “21A BATTERED REED HE WILL NOT BREAK OFF,
    AND A SMOLDERING WICK HE WILL NOT PUT OUT,
    UNTIL HE [s]LEADS [t]JUSTICE TO VICTORY.
  21. “22AND IN HIS NAME THE [u]GENTILES WILL HOPE.”
  22. 23Then a 24demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to [v]Jesus, and He healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw.
  23. All the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “This man cannot be the 25Son of David, can he?”
  24. But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man 26casts out demons only by [w]Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.”
  25. 27And 28knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, “[x]Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and [y]any city or house divided against itself will not stand.
  26. If 29Satan casts out Satan, he [z]is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?
  27. If I 30by [aa]Beelzebul cast out demons, 31by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.
  28. But 32if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
  29. Or how can anyone enter the strong man’s house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.
  30. 33He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
  31. ¶ “34Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.
  32. 35Whoever [ab]speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever [ac]speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in 36this age or in the age to come.
  33. ¶ “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for 37the tree is known by its fruit.
  34. 38You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak [ad]what is good? 39For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.
  35. 40The good man brings out of his good treasure [ae]what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure [af]what is evil.
  36. But I tell you that every [ag]careless word that people [ah]speak, they shall give an accounting for it in 41the day of judgment.
  37. For [ai]by your words you will be justified, and [aj]by your words you will be condemned.”
  38. ¶ Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, 42we want to see a [ak]sign from You.”
  39. But He answered and said to them, “43An evil and adulterous generation craves for a [al]sign; and yet no [am]sign will be given to it but the [an]sign of Jonah the prophet;
  40. for just as 44JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so will 45the Son of Man be 46three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
  41. 47The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because 48they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, 49something greater than Jonah is here.
  42. 50The Queen of the 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, 51something greater than Solomon is here.
  43. ¶ “52Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it.
  44. Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came’; and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order.
  45. Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and 53the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation.”
  46. 54While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His 55mother and 56brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him.
  47. Someone said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak to You.”[ao]
  48. But [ap]Jesus answered the one who was telling Him and said, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?”
  49. And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Behold My mother and My brothers!
  50. For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother.”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or occasion
  2. ^ Or showbread; lit loaves of presentation
  3. ^ Or profane
  4. ^ Lit is
  5. ^ Or mercy
  6. ^ Lit Him
  7. ^ Lit will be from you
  8. ^ Lit will have
  9. ^ Lit well
  10. ^ Lit health
  11. ^ Lit took counsel
  12. ^ Lit knowing
  13. ^ Lit make Him known
  14. ^ Lit Child
  15. ^ Lit chose
  16. ^ Or took pleasure
  17. ^ Or judgment
  18. ^ Or nations
  19. ^ Or puts forth
  20. ^ Or judgment
  21. ^ Or nations
  22. ^ Lit Him
  23. ^ Or Beezebul; i.e. ruler of demons
  24. ^ Lit Every
  25. ^ Lit Every
  26. ^ Lit was
  27. ^ V 24, note 1
  28. ^ Lit will speak
  29. ^ Lit will speak
  30. ^ Lit good things
  31. ^ Lit good things
  32. ^ Lit evil things
  33. ^ Or useless
  34. ^ Lit will speak
  35. ^ Or in accordance with
  36. ^ Or in accordance with
  37. ^ I.e. attesting miracle
  38. ^ I.e. attesting miracle
  39. ^ I.e. attesting miracle
  40. ^ I.e. attesting miracle
  41. ^ This verse is not found in early mss
  42. ^ Lit He

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Mt 12:1-8; Mr 2:23-28; Lu 6:1-5
  2. ^ De 23:25
  3. ^ Mt 12:10; Lu 13:14; 14:3; Jn 5:10; 7:23; 9:16
  4. ^ 1Sa 21:6
  5. ^ 2Ch 6:18; Is 66:1, 2; Mt 12:41, 42
  6. ^ Ho 6:6; Mt 9:13
  7. ^ Mt 8:20; 12:32, 40
  8. ^ Mt 12:9-14; Mr 3:1-6; Lu 6:6-11
  9. ^ Mt 12:2; Lu 13:14; 14:3; Jn 5:10; 7:23; 9:16
  10. ^ Lu 14:5
  11. ^ Mt 10:31; Lu 14:1-6
  12. ^ Mt 8:3; Ac 28:8
  13. ^ Mt 26:4; Mr 14:1; Lu 22:2; Jn 7:30, 44; 8:59; 10:31, 39; 11:53
  14. ^ Mt 4:23
  15. ^ Mt 8:4; 9:30; 17:9
  16. ^ Is 42:1
  17. ^ Mt 3:17; 17:5
  18. ^ Lu 4:18; Jn 3:34
  19. ^ Is 42:1
  20. ^ Is 42:2
  21. ^ Is 42:3
  22. ^ Ro 15:12
  23. ^ Mt 12:22, 24; Lu 11:14, 15; Mt 9:32, 34
  24. ^ Mt 4:24; 2Th 2:9
  25. ^ Mt 9:27
  26. ^ Mt 9:34
  27. ^ Mt 12:25-29; Mr 3:23-27; Lu 11:17-22
  28. ^ Mt 9:4
  29. ^ Mt 4:10; 13:19
  30. ^ Mt 9:34
  31. ^ Ac 19:13
  32. ^ 1Jo 3:8
  33. ^ Mr 9:40; Lu 9:50; 11:23
  34. ^ Mt 12:31, 32; Mr 3:28-30; Lu 12:10
  35. ^ Lu 12:10
  36. ^ Mt 13:22, 39; Mr 10:30; Lu 16:8; 18:30; 20:34, 35; Eph 1:21; 1Ti 6:17; 2Ti 4:10; Ti 2:12; Heb 6:5
  37. ^ Mt 7:16-18; Lu 6:43, 44; Jn 15:4-7
  38. ^ Mt 3:7; 23:33; Lu 3:7
  39. ^ 1Sa 24:13; Is 32:6; Mt 12:34, 35; 15:18; Lu 6:45; Eph 4:29; Jm 3:2-12
  40. ^ Pr 10:20, 21; 25:11, 12; Mt 13:52; Col 4:6
  41. ^ Mt 10:15
  42. ^ Mt 16:1; Mr 8:11, 12; Lu 11:16; Jn 2:18; 6:30; 1Co 1:22
  43. ^ Mt 12:39-42; Lu 11:29-32; Mt 16:4
  44. ^ Jon 1:17
  45. ^ Mt 8:20
  46. ^ Mt 16:21
  47. ^ Jon 1:2
  48. ^ Jon 3:5
  49. ^ Mt 12:6, 42
  50. ^ 1Ki 10:1; 2Ch 9:1
  51. ^ Mt 12:6, 41
  52. ^ Mt 12:43-45; Lu 11:24-26
  53. ^ Mr 5:9; Lu 11:26; Heb 6:4-8; 2Pe 2:20
  54. ^ Mt 12:46-50; Mr 3:31-35; Lu 8:19-21
  55. ^ Mt 1:18; 2:11ff; 13:55; Lu 1:43; 2:33f, 48, 51; Jn 2:1, 5, 12; 19:25f; Ac 1:14
  56. ^ Mt 13:55; Mr 6:3; Jn 2:12; 7:3, 5, 10; Ac 1:14; 1Co 9:5; Ga 1:19

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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