Matthew 12:9-21

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁹ And when he had passed from thence, he came into their synagogues.

¹⁰ And behold there was a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

¹¹ But he said to them: What man shall there be among you, that hath one sheep: and if the same fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not take hold on it and lift it up?

¹² How much better is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath days.

¹³ Then he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand; and he stretched it forth, and it was restored to health even as the other.

¹⁴ And the Pharisees going out made a consultation against him, how they might destroy him.

¹⁵ But Jesus knowing it, retired from thence: and many followed him, and he healed them all.

¹⁶ And he charged them that they should not make him known.

¹⁷ That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying:

¹⁸ Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

¹⁹ He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.

²⁰ The bruised reed he shall not break: and smoking flax he shall not extinguish: till he send forth judgment unto victory.

²¹ And in his name the Gentiles shall hope.