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Text -- Matthew 12:1-43 (NET)

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Lord of the Sabbath
12:1 At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of wheat and eat them. 12:2 But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.” 12:3 He said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry12:4 how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which was against the law for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests? 12:5 Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty? 12:6 I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. 12:7 If you had known what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. 12:8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.” 12:9 Then Jesus left that place and entered their synagogue. 12:10 A man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked Jesus, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” so that they could accuse him. 12:11 He said to them, “Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out? 12:12 How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” 12:13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out and it was restored, as healthy as the other. 12:14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate him.
God’s Special Servant
12:15 Now when Jesus learned of this, he went away from there. Great crowds followed him, and he healed them all. 12:16 But he sternly warned them not to make him known. 12:17 This fulfilled what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet: 12:18 “Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations. 12:19 He will not quarrel or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. 12:20 He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory. 12:21 And in his name the Gentiles will hope.”
Jesus and Beelzebul
12:22 Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute. Jesus healed him so that he could speak and see. 12:23 All the crowds were amazed and said, “Could this one be the Son of David?” 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!” 12:25 Now when Jesus realized what they were thinking, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and no town or house divided against itself will stand. 12:26 So if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 12:27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges. 12:28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you. 12:29 How else can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house. 12:30 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. 12:31 For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 12:32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
Trees and Their Fruit
12:33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit. 12:34 Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart. 12:35 The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury. 12:36 I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak. 12:37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
The Sign of Jonah
12:38 Then some of the experts in the law along with some Pharisees answered him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.” 12:39 But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 12:40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. 12:41 The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them– and now, something greater than Jonah is here! 12:42 The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon– and now, something greater than Solomon is here!
The Return of the Unclean Spirit
12:43 “When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Beelzebul the prince of demons
 · David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel
 · Gentile a non-Jewish person
 · Isaiah a son of Amoz; a prophet active in Judah from about 740 to 701 B.C.,son of Amoz; a major prophet in the time of Hezekiah
 · Jonah a son of Amittai; the prophet God sent to Nineveh,the prophet who was swallowed by the great fish; son of Amittai
 · Nineveh a town located on the left bank of the Tigris River in northeastern Mesopotamia (Iraq).,the capital city of Assyria
 · Pharisee a religious group or sect of the Jews
 · Satan a person, male (evil angelic),an angel that has rebelled against God
 · Solomon the tenth son of David; the father of Rehoboam; an ancestor of Jesus; the third king of Israel.,son of David and Bath-Sheba; successor of King David


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Sabbath | Matthew, Gospel according to | Jesus, The Christ | JESUS CHRIST, 4C1 | Pharisees | Miracles | Accusation, False | Sadducees | ANTICHRIST | LAW IN THE NEW TESTAMENT | Tradition | Jonah | Satan | Blasphemy | Sin | Synagogue | JONAS | PERSON OF CHRIST, 4-8 | Beelzebub | Ecclesiasticism | more
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NET Notes: Mat 12:1 Or “heads of grain.” While the generic term στάχυς (stacus) can refer to the cluster of seeds at the top of ...

NET Notes: Mat 12:2 See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

NET Notes: Mat 12:3 Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

NET Notes: Mat 12:4 See 1 Sam 21:1-6.

NET Notes: Mat 12:6 Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

NET Notes: Mat 12:7 A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 9:13).

NET Notes: Mat 12:8 A second point in Jesus’ defense of his disciples’ actions was that his authority as Son of Man also allowed it, since as Son of Man he wa...

NET Notes: Mat 12:9 See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

NET Notes: Mat 12:10 The background for this is the view that only if life was endangered should one attempt to heal on the Sabbath (see the Mishnah, m. Shabbat 6.3; 12.1;...

NET Notes: Mat 12:13 The passive was restored points to healing by God. Now the question became: Would God exercise his power through Jesus, if what Jesus was doing were w...

NET Notes: Mat 12:14 Grk “destroy.”

NET Notes: Mat 12:15 א B pc lat read only πολλοί (polloi, “many”) here, the first hand of N reads ὄχλο...

NET Notes: Mat 12:17 Grk “so that what was said by Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled, saying.” This final clause, however, is part of one sentence in Greek...

NET Notes: Mat 12:18 Grk “in whom my soul is well pleased.”

NET Notes: Mat 12:21 Verses 18-21 are a quotation from Isa 42:1-4.

NET Notes: Mat 12:22 Grk “demoniac, and he healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw.”

NET Notes: Mat 12:24 Or “prince.”

NET Notes: Mat 12:25 Or “is left in ruins.”

NET Notes: Mat 12:26 This first class condition, the first of three “if” clauses in the following verses, presents the example vividly as if it were so. In fac...

NET Notes: Mat 12:27 The pronoun “them” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

NET Notes: Mat 12:28 The phrase ἔφθασεν ἐφ᾿ ὑμᾶς (efqasen ef’ Juma") is quite importa...

NET Notes: Mat 12:29 Some see the imagery here as similar to Eph 4:7-10, although no opponents are explicitly named in that passage. Jesus has the victory over Satan. Jesu...

NET Notes: Mat 12:30 For the image of scattering, see Pss. Sol. 17:18.

NET Notes: Mat 12:31 Grk “every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men.”

NET Notes: Mat 12:32 Whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. This passage has troubled many people, who have wondered whether or not they have committ...

NET Notes: Mat 12:33 Grk “rotten.” The word σαπρός, modifying both “tree” and “fruit,” can also mean R...

NET Notes: Mat 12:35 The treasury here is a metaphorical reference to a person’s heart (cf. BDAG 456 s.v. θησαυρός 1.b and th...

NET Notes: Mat 12:36 Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

NET Notes: Mat 12:38 What exactly this sign would have been, given what Jesus was already doing, is not clear. But here is where the fence-sitters reside, refusing to comm...

NET Notes: Mat 12:39 Grk “But answering, he said to them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

NET Notes: Mat 12:40 A quotation from Jonah 1:17.

NET Notes: Mat 12:41 Grk “behold.”

NET Notes: Mat 12:42 Grk “behold.”

NET Notes: Mat 12:43 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

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