Matthew:12

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* 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 . * But the Pharisees , when they saw it , said to him , "Behold , your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath ." * But he said to them , "Haven 't you read what David did , when he was hungry , and those who were with him ; * how he entered into God 's house , and ate the show bread , which was not lawful for him to eat , neither for those who were with him , but only for the priests ? {1 Samuel strkjv @21:3-6 } * Or have you not read in the law , that on the Sabbath day , the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath , and are guiltless ? * But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here . * But if you had known what this means , 'I desire mercy , and not sacrifice ,' {Hosea strkjv @6:6 } you would not have condemned the guiltless . * For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath ." * He departed there , and went into their synagogue . * And behold there was a man with a withered hand . They asked him , "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day ?" that they might accuse him . * 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 ? * Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep ! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day ." * Then he told the man , "Stretch out your hand ." He stretched it out ; and it was restored whole , just like the other . * But the Pharisees went out , and conspired against him , how they might destroy him . * Jesus , perceiving that , withdrew from there . Great multitudes followed him ; and he healed them all , * and commanded them that they should not make him known : * that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet , saying , * "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 . * He will not strive , nor shout ; neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets . * He won 't break a bruised reed . He won 't quench a smoking flax , until he leads justice to victory . * In his name , the nations will hope ." {Isaiah strkjv @42:1-4 } * Then one possessed by a demon , blind and mute , was brought to him and he healed him , so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw . * All the multitudes were amazed , and said , "Can this be the son of David ?" * But when the Pharisees heard it , they said , "This man does not cast out demons , except by Beelzebul , the prince of the demons ." * Knowing their thoughts , Jesus said to them , "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation , and every city or house divided against itself will not stand . * If Satan casts out Satan , he is divided against himself . How then will his kingdom stand ? * If I by Beelzebul cast out demons , by whom do your children cast them out ? Therefore they will be your judges . * But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons , then the Kingdom of God has come upon you . * Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man , and plunder his goods , unless he first bind the strong man ? Then he will plunder his house . * "He who is not with me is against me , and he who doesn 't gather with me , scatters . * Therefore I tell you , every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men , but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men . * Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man , it will be forgiven him ; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit , it will not be forgiven him , neither in this age , nor in that which is to come . * "Either make the tree good , and its fruit good , or make the tree corrupt , and its fruit corrupt ; for the tree is known by its fruit . * You offspring of vipers , how can you , being evil , speak good things ? For out of the abundance of the heart , the mouth speaks . * The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things , and the evil man out of his evil treasure {TR adds "of the heart "} brings out evil things . * I tell you that every idle word that men speak , they will give account of it in the day of judgment . * For by your words you will be justified , and by your words you will be condemned ." * Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered , "Teacher , we want to see a sign from you ." * But he answered them , "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign , but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet . * For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale , so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth . * The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation , and will condemn it , for they repented at the preaching of Jonah ; and behold , someone greater than Jonah is here . * The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation , and will condemn it , for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ; and behold , someone greater than Solomon is here . * But the unclean spirit , when he is gone out of the man , passes through waterless places , seeking rest , and doesn 't find it . * Then he says , 'I will return into my house from which I came out ,' and when he has come back , he finds it empty , swept , and put in order . * Then he goes , and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is , and they enter in and dwell there . The last state of that man becomes worse than the first . Even so will it be also to this evil generation ." * While he was yet speaking to the multitudes , behold , his mother and his brothers stood outside , seeking to speak to him . * One said to him , "Behold , your mother and your brothers stand outside , seeking to speak to you ." * But he answered him who spoke to him , "Who is my mother ? Who are my brothers ?" * He stretched out his hand towards his disciples , and said , "Behold , my mother and my brothers ! * For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven , he is my brother , and sister , and mother ."

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