Matthew 12
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Matthew 12:2-14

2But when the PhariseesG5330 sawG3708 this, they saidG3004 to Him, “LookG2400, Your disciplesG3101 doG4160 whatG3739 1is not lawfulG1832 to doG4160 on a SabbathG4521.” 3But He saidG3004 to them, “Have you not readG314 whatG5101 DavidG1160 didG4160 whenG3753 he became hungryG3983, he and his companionsG3588G3326, 4howG4459 he enteredG1525 the houseG3624 of GodG2316, and 2they ateG2068 the 3consecratedG4286 breadG740, whichG3739 was not lawfulG1832 for him to eatG2068 norG3761 for thoseG3588 with him, but for the priestsG2409 aloneG3441? 5OrG2228 have you not readG314 in the LawG3551, that on the SabbathG4521 the priestsG2409 in the templeG2413 4breakG953 the SabbathG4521 and are innocentG338? 6But I sayG3004 to you that something 5greaterG3173 than the templeG2413 is hereG5602. 7But ifG1487 you had knownG1097 whatG5101 this 6meansG1510, ‘7I desireG2309 8compassionG1656, and not a sacrificeG2378,’ you would not have condemnedG2613 the innocentG338. 8For 9the SonG5207 of ManG444 is LordG2962 of the SabbathG4521.”

910DepartingG3327 from thereG1564, He wentG2064 into their synagogueG4864. 10And a manG444 was there whose handG5495 was witheredG3584. And they questionedG1905 11Jesus, askingG3004, “12Is it lawfulG1832 to healG2323 on the SabbathG4521?”--soG2443 that they might accuseG2723 Him. 11And He saidG3004 to them, “13WhatG5101 manG444 14is there amongG1537 you whoG3739 15hasG2192 a sheepG4263, and ifG1437 it fallsG1706 into a pitG999 on the SabbathG4521, will he not takeG2902 holdG2902 of it and liftG1453 it out? 1216HowG4214 muchG4214 moreG1308 valuableG1308 thenG3767 is a manG444 than a sheepG4263! SoG5620 thenG5620, it is lawfulG1832 to doG4160 17goodG2573 on the SabbathG4521.” 13ThenG5119 He saidG3004 to the manG444, “StretchG1614 out your handG5495!” 18He stretchedG1614 it out, and it was restoredG600 to 19normalG5199, likeG5613 the otherG243. 14But the PhariseesG5330 wentG1831 out and 2021conspiredG4824G2983 againstG2596 Him, as to howG3704 they might destroyG622 Him.

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Notes

  1. 1. Matthew 12:2 Matt 12:10; Luke 13:14; 14:3; John 5:10; 7:23; 9:16 ↩
  2. 2. Matthew 12:4 1 Sam 21:6 ↩
  3. 3. Matthew 12:4 Or showbread; lit loaves of presentation ↩
  4. 4. Matthew 12:5 Or profane ↩
  5. 5. Matthew 12:6 2 Chr 6:18; Is 66:1, 2; Matt 12:41, 42 ↩
  6. 6. Matthew 12:7 Lit is ↩
  7. 7. Matthew 12:7 Hos 6:6; Matt 9:13 ↩
  8. 8. Matthew 12:7 Or mercy ↩
  9. 9. Matthew 12:8 Matt 8:20; 12:32, 40 ↩
  10. 10. Matthew 12:9 Matt 12:9-14: Mark 3:1-6; Luke 6:6-11 ↩
  11. 11. Matthew 12:10 Lit Him ↩
  12. 12. Matthew 12:10 Matt 12:2; Luke 13:14; 14:3; John 5:10; 7:23; 9:16 ↩
  13. 13. Matthew 12:11 Luke 14:5 ↩
  14. 14. Matthew 12:11 Lit will be from you ↩
  15. 15. Matthew 12:11 Lit will have ↩
  16. 16. Matthew 12:12 Matt 10:31; Luke 14:1-6 ↩
  17. 17. Matthew 12:12 Lit well ↩
  18. 18. Matthew 12:13 Matt 8:3; Acts 28:8 ↩
  19. 19. Matthew 12:13 Lit health ↩
  20. 20. Matthew 12:14 Lit took counsel ↩
  21. 21. Matthew 12:14 Matt 26:4; Mark 14:1; Luke 22:2; John 7:30, 44; 8:59; 10:31, 39; 11:53 ↩

Commentaries on Matthew 12

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