Matthew 12:9-21

Worldwide English (New Testament)

⁹ Jesus left that place and went into the meeting house.

¹⁰ There was a man whose hand was thin and weak. The people asked Jesus, `Is it right to heal a man on the Sabbath day?' They wanted to find something wrong about Jesus.

¹¹ Jesus said to them, `If one of you had a sheep and it fell into a hole on the Sabbath day, would you not take hold of it and pull it out?

¹² A man is worth much more than a sheep. So it is right to do good things on the Sabbath day.'

¹³ Then he said to the man, `Hold out your hand.' The man held out his hand and it was made well like the other hand.

¹⁴ Then the Pharisees went out and planned together how to kill Jesus.

¹⁵ Jesus knew about their plan, so he went away from there. Many people followed him and he healed them all.

¹⁶ He told them not to tell where he was.

¹⁷ So what Isaiah the prophet of God said, came true.

¹⁸ He said, `This is my servant. I have chosen him. I love him. I am very pleased with him. I will put my Spirit on him. He will judge the people who are not Jews.

¹⁹ He will not fight or shout. No one will hear his voice in the streets.

²⁰ He will not break a stick that is already bent. He will not put out a light that burns only a little. What is right will win, because he will make it win.

²¹ Those who are not Jews will believe in him.'