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Matthew Chapter 12|#11 At 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.#22 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, your disciples do which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.#23 But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;#24 How 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?#25 Or have you not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?#26 But I say to you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.#27 But if you had known what this means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltless.#28 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.|*29 And when he was departed from there, he went into their synagogue:#210 And, 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.#211 And he said to 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?#212 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.#213 Then said he to the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.#214 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.|*215 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from there: And great crowds followed him, and he healed them all;#216 And charged them that they should not make him known:#217 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,#218 Behold 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.#219 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall anyone hear his voice in the streets.#220 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he send forth judgment to victory.#221 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.|+#222 Then was brought to him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: And he healed him, so much so that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw.#223 And all the people were amazed, and said, is this not the son of David?#224 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.|*225 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:#226 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?#227 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.#228 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God comes to you.|*229 Or 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.|*230 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathers not with me scatters abroad.|*231 Therefore I say to you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men: But the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven to men.#232 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: But whoever speaks against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.|*233 Either 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.#234 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.#235 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: And an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.|*236 But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account of it in the day of judgment.#237 For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.|*238 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from you.#239 But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:#240 For 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.#241 The 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.#242 The 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.|*243 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and found none.#244 Then he said, I will return into my house from where I came out; and when he comes, he found it empty, swept, and garnished.#245 Then goes he, and takes 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 to this wicked generation.|*246 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.#247 Then one said to him, Behold, your mother and your brethren stand without, desiring to speak with you.#248 But he answered and said to him that told him, Who is my mother? And who are my brethren?#249 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!#250 For whoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.