Matthew 11-12 (Darby Translation)

Matthew 11

 ¹And it came to pass when Jesus had finished commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities.

 ²But John, having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, sent by his disciples,

 ³and said to him, Art *thou* the coming [one]? or are we to wait for another?

 ⁴And Jesus answering said to them, Go, report to John what ye hear and see.

 ⁵Blind [men] see and lame walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear; and dead are raised, and poor have glad tidings preached to them:

 ⁶and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.

 ⁷But as they went [away], Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? a reed moved about by the wind?

 ⁸But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in delicate raiment? behold, those who wear delicate things are in the houses of kings.

 ⁹But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet:

 ¹⁰this is he of whom it is written, Behold, *I* send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

 ¹¹Verily I say to you, that there is not arisen among [the] born of women a greater than John the baptist. But he who is a little one in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.

 ¹²But from the days of John the baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens is taken by violence, and [the] violent seize on it.

 ¹³For all the prophets and the law have prophesied unto John.

 ¹⁴And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, who is to come.

 ¹⁵He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

 ¹⁶But to whom shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, which, calling to their companions,

 ¹⁷say, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced: we have mourned to you, and ye have not wailed.

 ¹⁸For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.

 ¹⁹The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man [that is] eating and wine-drinking, a friend of tax-gatherers, and of sinners: -- and wisdom has been justified by her children.

 ²⁰Then began he to reproach the cities in which most of his works of power had taken place, because they had not repented.

 ²¹Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee Bethsaida! for if the works of power which have taken place in you, had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented in sackcloth and ashes.

 ²²But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in judgment-day than for you.

 ²³And *thou*, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades. For if the works of power which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it had remained until this day.

 ²⁴But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for [the] land of Sodom in judgment-day than for thee.

 ²⁵At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.

 ²⁶Yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.

 ²⁷All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son but the Father, nor does any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to reveal [him].

 ²⁸Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and *I* will give you rest.

 ²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls;

 ³⁰for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Matthew 12

 ¹At that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the cornfields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears and to eat.

 ²But the Pharisees, seeing [it], said to him, Behold, thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on sabbath.

 ³But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?

 ⁴How he entered into the house of God, and ate the shewbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests only?

 ⁵Or have ye not read in the law that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

 ⁶But I say unto you, that there is here what is greater than the temple.

 ⁷But if ye had known what is: I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

 ⁸For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath.

 ⁹And, going away from thence, he came into their synagogue.

 ¹⁰And behold, there was a man having his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse him.

 ¹¹But he said to them, What man shall there be of you who has one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it and raise [it] up?

 ¹²How much better then is a man than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath.

 ¹³Then he says to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched [it] out, and it was restored sound as the other.

 ¹⁴But the Pharisees, having gone out, took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

 ¹⁵But Jesus knowing [it], withdrew thence, and great crowds followed him; and he healed them all:

 ¹⁶and charged them strictly that they should not make him publicly known:

 ¹⁷that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying,

 ¹⁸Behold my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul has found its delight. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall shew forth judgment to the nations.

 ¹⁹He shall not strive or cry out, nor shall any one hear his voice in the streets;

 ²⁰a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory;

 ²¹and on his name shall [the] nations hope.

 ²²Then was brought to him one possessed by a demon, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so that the dumb [man] spake and saw.

 ²³And all the crowds were amazed and said, Is this [man] the Son of David?

 ²⁴But the Pharisees, having heard [it], said, This [man] does not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub, prince of demons.

 ²⁵But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not subsist.

 ²⁶And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom subsist?

 ²⁷And if *I* cast out demons by Beelzebub, your sons, by whom do they cast [them] out? For this reason *they* shall be your judges.

 ²⁸But if *I* by [the] Spirit of God cast out demons, then indeed the kingdom of God is come upon you.

 ²⁹Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong [man] and plunder his goods, unless first he bind the strong [man]? and then he will plunder his house.

 ³⁰He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters.

 ³¹For this reason I say unto you, Every sin and injurious speaking shall be forgiven to men, but speaking injuriously of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

 ³²And whosoever shall have spoken a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age nor in the coming [one].

 ³³Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt. For from the fruit the tree is known.

 ³⁴Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

 ³⁵The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings forth wicked things.

 ³⁶But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:

 ³⁷for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

 ³⁸Then answered him some of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee.

 ³⁹But he, answering, said to them, A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas the prophet.

 ⁴⁰For even as Jonas was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, thus shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

 ⁴¹Ninevites shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas [is] here.

 ⁴²A queen of [the] south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon [is] here.

 ⁴³But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find [it].

 ⁴⁴Then he says, I will return to my house whence I came out; and having come, he finds [it] unoccupied, swept, and adorned.

 ⁴⁵Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. Thus shall it be to this wicked generation also.

 ⁴⁶But while he was yet speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.

 ⁴⁷Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren are standing without, seeking to speak to thee.

 ⁴⁸But he answering said to him that spoke to him, Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?

 ⁴⁹And, stretching out his hand to his disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren;

 ⁵⁰for whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in [the] heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.