THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Matthew Chapter 12)

[Cosia]

Matthew 12:1 (WEB)
At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath Day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.

 

[Cosia]

Matthew 12:2 (WEB)
But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."

 

[Cosia]

Matthew 12:3 (WEB)
But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did when he was hungry and those who were with him:

 

[Cosia]

Matthew 12:4 (WEB)
how he entered God's house and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? 1 Samuel 21:3-6

 

[Cosia]

Matthew 12:5 (WEB)
Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless.

 

[Cosia]

Matthew 12:6 (WEB)
But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.

 

[Cosia]

Matthew 12:7 (WEB)
But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' -Hosea 6.6 you wouldn't have condenmed the guiltless.

 

[Cosia]

Matthew 12:8 (WEB)
For the son of man is Lord of the Sabbath."

 

[Cosia]

Matthew 12:9 (WEB)
He departed from there and went into their synagogue.

 

[Cosia]

Matthew 12:10 (WEB)
And behold, there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him "is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" So that they might accuse him.

 

[Cosia]

Matthew 12:11 (WEB)
He said to them, "What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath Day, won't he grab on to it and lift it out?

 

[Cosia]

Matthew 12:12 (WEB)
Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath Day."

 

[PaducahLuke]

Matthew 12:13 (WEB)

13 Then he told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Matthew 12:14 (WEB)

14 But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Matthew 12:15 (WEB)

15 Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him; and he healed them all,

 

[PaducahLuke]

Matthew 12:16 (WEB)

16 and commanded them that they should not make him known,

 

[PaducahLuke]

Matthew 12:17 (WEB)

17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

 

[Pastor Gary]

Matthew 12:18 (WEB) - 18
“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen,
my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased.
I will put my Spirit on him.
He will proclaim justice to the nations.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Matthew 12:19 (WEB) - 19
He will not strive, nor shout,
neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Matthew 12:20 (WEB) - 20
He won’t break a bruised reed.
He won’t quench a smoking flax,
until he leads justice to victory.