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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Matthew 12
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Jesus Challenged
1At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 2But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. 3But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; 4how he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? 5Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? 6But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. 7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. 8For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
9And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: 10and, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. 11And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 12How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. 13Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
A Council of Pharisees
14Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. 15But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; 16and charged them that they should not make him known: 17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
18Behold my servant, whom I have chosen;
My beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased:
I will put my spirit upon him,
And he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
19He shall not strive, nor cry;
Neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
20A bruised reed shall he not break,
And smoking flax shall he not quench,
Till he send forth judgment unto victory.
21And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
False Charges
22Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 23And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? 24But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: 26and if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? 27And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. 28But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. 29Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. 30He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
Blasphemy
31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. 33Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Demand for a Sign
38Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40for as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. 42The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. 43When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
46While he yet talked to the people, behold,
His Mother and Brethren
his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. 47Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 48But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
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