Matthew 12
King James Version
12 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.
2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
4 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?
5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
10 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.
11 And he said unto 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?
12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
16 And charged them that they should not make him known:
17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
18 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.
19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
29 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.
30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
33 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.
34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
40 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.
41 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.
42 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.
43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
45 Then goeth he, and taketh 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 unto this wicked generation.
46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Mateo 12
Palabra de Dios para Todos
Jesús es Señor del día de descanso
(Mr 2:23-28; Lc 6:1-5)
12 Por aquel tiempo, en un día de descanso, Jesús iba con sus seguidores por unos sembrados. Ellos sintieron hambre y empezaron a arrancar espigas y a comérselas. 2 Pero cuando los fariseos vieron lo que hacían los seguidores, le dijeron a Jesús:
—¡Mira! Tus seguidores están haciendo algo que está prohibido hacer en el día de descanso.
3 Entonces Jesús les dijo:
—¿No han leído ustedes lo que hizo David cuando él y sus compañeros tuvieron hambre? 4 Él entró a la casa de Dios, y él y sus compañeros se comieron los panes que se consagran a Dios. Y ustedes bien saben que no se permitía ni a él ni a sus compañeros comer de esos panes. Eran sólo para los sacerdotes. 5 ¿O no han leído lo que dice la ley sobre el día de descanso? Ese día no se debe trabajar; sin embargo, los sacerdotes del templo violan esa ley y no son culpables. 6 Pero les digo que aquí hay algo más grande que el templo. 7 (A)Ustedes no habrían condenado a gente inocente si supieran el significado de lo que dice en las Escrituras: “Yo no quiero sacrificios, sino que ustedes tengan compasión”.[a] 8 Porque el Hijo del hombre es Señor del día de descanso.
Jesús sana en el día de descanso
(Mr 3:1-6; Lc 6:6-11)
9 Luego Jesús se fue de ahí para la sinagoga. 10 Había un hombre allí que tenía una mano paralizada, y como buscaban la manera de acusar a Jesús, entonces le preguntaron:
—No se debe sanar en el día de descanso, ¿verdad?
11 Jesús les contestó:
—Si alguno de ustedes tiene una oveja y en el día de descanso esta se cae en un pozo, ¿no es verdad que va y la saca del pozo? 12 ¡Pues un ser humano vale más que una oveja! Por lo tanto, está permitido hacerle bien a la gente en el día de descanso.
13 Entonces Jesús le dijo al hombre de la mano paralizada:
—Extiende la mano.
El hombre la extendió y le quedó tan sana como la otra. 14 Pero los fariseos salieron y empezaron a planear cómo matar a Jesús.
Jesús es el siervo elegido por Dios
15 Cuando Jesús lo supo, se fue de allí. Mucha gente lo seguía y él sanaba a todos los enfermos, 16 pero les advertía terminantemente que no le dijeran a nadie quién era él. 17 Esto sucedió para que se cumpliera lo que Dios dijo por medio del profeta Isaías:
18 «Aquí está el que me sirve, a quien yo he elegido.
Yo lo amo y estoy contento con él.
Pondré mi Espíritu en él,
y anunciará justicia para las naciones.
19 No discutirá ni gritará;
la gente no escuchará su voz en las calles.
20 No romperá la caña que ya está doblada,
ni va a apagar la mecha de la que apenas sale humo.
Seguirá hasta que haga triunfar la justicia.
21 (B)Entonces todas las naciones pondrán su esperanza en él».[b]
Jesús y Satanás
(Mr 3:20-30; Lc 11:14-23; 12:10)
22 Después le trajeron a Jesús un hombre ciego y mudo porque estaba atormentado por un demonio. Jesús lo sanó y por fin el hombre pudo ver y hablar. 23 Toda la multitud quedó impresionada y comenzaron a decir de Jesús: «A lo mejor este hombre es el Hijo de David».
24 Cuando los fariseos escucharon esto, dijeron: «Este expulsa a los demonios sólo por el poder de Beelzebú, el jefe de los demonios».
25 Jesús sabía lo que ellos estaban pensando y les dijo: «Todo reino dividido contra sí mismo, será destruido. Ninguna ciudad o familia dividida contra sí misma sobrevivirá. 26 Y si Satanás es el que expulsa a los demonios[c] que son de él, está peleando contra sí mismo, entonces ¿cómo puede sobrevivir su reino? 27 Ustedes dicen que yo expulso demonios por el poder de Beelzebú, pero si es verdad que yo expulso demonios por el poder de Beelzebú, ¿con qué poder expulsan sus seguidores a los demonios? Por eso ellos mismos demostrarán que ustedes están equivocados. 28 Pero si yo expulso los demonios por el poder del Espíritu de Dios, entonces está claro que el reino de Dios ya ha llegado a ustedes.
29 »¿Cómo puede entrar alguien a la casa de un hombre fuerte y robar sus pertenencias? Primero tiene que atar al hombre fuerte y luego sí robar su casa. 30 El que no está conmigo, está en mi contra; y el que no me ayuda a recoger la cosecha, la desparrama.
31 »Por eso les digo que Dios perdonará todos los pecados de la gente y todo lo que reniegan contra él. Pero si alguien reniega del Espíritu, no lo perdonará. 32 Él perdonará incluso a quien reniegue del Hijo del hombre, pero no perdonará a quien reniegue del Espíritu Santo. No lo perdonará ni en este mundo ni en el que viene.
Lo que haces muestra lo que eres
(Lc 6:43-45)
33 »Decidan si el árbol es bueno y el fruto es bueno, o si el árbol es malo y el fruto es malo. El árbol se conoce por sus frutos. 34 ¡Partida[d] de víboras! ¿Cómo pueden ustedes hablar lo bueno siendo tan malos? Lo que uno dice muestra lo que uno es en su interior. 35 El que es bueno lo es en su interior y habla de lo que tiene allí; de igual manera el malo lo es en su interior y habla de lo que tiene allí. 36 Pero yo les digo que en el día del juicio, la gente tendrá que dar explicación por cada una de las palabras inútiles que dijo. 37 Las palabras que dijiste servirán para juzgarte. Ellas te aprobarán o te condenarán».
Danos pruebas
(Mr 8:11-12; Lc 11:29-32)
38 Entonces algunos maestros de la ley y fariseos le pidieron:
—Maestro, haznos un milagro como prueba.
39 Pero él les dijo:
—Esta generación mala e infiel pide una señal milagrosa, pero no se le va a dar ninguna señal, solamente la señal de Jonás. 40 Porque así como Jonás estuvo en el estómago de un pez gigante durante tres días y tres noches, también el Hijo del hombre estará en la tierra por tres días y tres noches. 41 En el día del juicio, los de Nínive[e] se levantarán contra esta generación y la condenarán, porque ellos cambiaron su manera de pensar y de vivir cuando Jonás les anunció el mensaje. ¡Y yo les digo que aquí hay alguien más grande que Jonás!
42 »En el día del juicio, la reina del Sur[f] se levantará y condenará a esta generación; porque ella vino desde muy lejos para aprender de la sabiduría de Salomón. ¡Y yo les digo que aquí hay alguien más grande que Salomón!
El regreso del espíritu maligno
(Lc 11:24-26)
43 »Cuando un espíritu maligno sale de una persona, pasa por lugares secos. Busca dónde quedarse a descansar, pero no encuentra nada. 44 Entonces el espíritu dice: “Voy a volver a la casa de donde salí”. Al llegar se da cuenta de que está desocupada, limpia y ordenada. 45 Entonces va y trae a otros siete espíritus peores que él y se van a vivir allí. Al final, esa persona queda peor de lo que estaba antes. Lo mismo le pasará a esta perversa generación.
La verdadera familia de Jesús
(Mr 3:31-35; Lc 8:19-21)
46 Mientras Jesús continuaba hablando a la multitud, su mamá y sus hermanos estaban afuera esperando para hablar con él. 47 Alguien le dijo a Jesús:
—¡Oye! Tu mamá y tus hermanos están afuera esperando y quieren hablar contigo.
48 Jesús le respondió:
—¿Quién es mi mamá y quiénes son mis hermanos?
49 Entonces él señaló a sus seguidores y dijo:
—Aquí están mi mamá y mis hermanos. 50 Pues el que haga lo que mi Padre celestial quiere, es mi hermano, mi hermana y mi mamá.
Matthew 12
New King James Version
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath(A)
12 At that time (B)Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. And His disciples were hungry, and began to (C)pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!”
3 But He said to them, “Have you not read (D)what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: 4 how he entered the house of God and ate (E)the showbread which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, (F)but only for the priests? 5 Or have you not read in the (G)law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple [a]profane the Sabbath, and are blameless? 6 Yet I say to you that in this place there is (H)One greater than the temple. 7 But if you had known what this means, (I)‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of Man is Lord [b]even of the Sabbath.”
Healing on the Sabbath(J)
9 (K)Now when He had departed from there, He went into their synagogue. 10 And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. And they asked Him, saying, (L)“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—that they might accuse Him.
11 Then He said to them, “What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out? 12 Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” 13 Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and it was restored as whole as the other. 14 Then (M)the Pharisees went out and plotted against Him, how they might destroy Him.
Behold, My Servant
15 But when Jesus knew it, (N)He withdrew from there. (O)And great [c]multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all. 16 Yet He (P)warned them not to make Him known, 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
18 “Behold!(Q) My Servant whom I have chosen,
My Beloved (R)in whom My soul is well pleased!
I will put My Spirit upon Him,
And He will declare justice to the Gentiles.
19 He will not quarrel nor cry out,
Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.
20 A bruised reed He will not break,
And smoking flax He will not quench,
Till He sends forth justice to victory;
21 And in His name Gentiles will trust.”
A House Divided Cannot Stand(S)
22 (T)Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the [d]blind and mute man both spoke and saw. 23 And all the multitudes were amazed and said, “Could this be the (U)Son of David?”
24 (V)Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by [e]Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”
25 But Jesus (W)knew their thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. 26 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. 28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, (X)surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. 29 (Y)Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. 30 He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.
The Unpardonable Sin(Z)
31 “Therefore I say to you, (AA)every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, (AB)but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. 32 Anyone who (AC)speaks a word against the Son of Man, (AD)it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
A Tree Known by Its Fruit(AE)
33 “Either make the tree good and (AF)its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34 (AG)Brood[f] of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? (AH)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure [g]of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
The Scribes and Pharisees Ask for a Sign(AI)
38 (AJ)Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
39 But He answered and said to them, “An evil and (AK)adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 (AL)For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 (AM)The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and (AN)condemn it, (AO)because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here. 42 (AP)The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here.
An Unclean Spirit Returns(AQ)
43 (AR)“When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, (AS)he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. 44 Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. 45 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; (AT)and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.”
Jesus’ Mother and Brothers Send for Him(AU)
46 While He was still talking to the multitudes, (AV)behold, His mother and (AW)brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him. 47 Then one said to Him, “Look, (AX)Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You.”
48 But He answered and said to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” 49 And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, “Here are My mother and My (AY)brothers! 50 For (AZ)whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
Footnotes
- Matthew 12:5 desecrate
- Matthew 12:8 NU, M omit even
- Matthew 12:15 NU brackets multitudes as disputed.
- Matthew 12:22 NU omits blind and
- Matthew 12:24 NU, M Beelzebul, a Philistine deity
- Matthew 12:34 Offspring
- Matthew 12:35 NU, M omit of his heart
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