Matthew 12
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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.
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.
But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
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?
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?
But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
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.
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?

what. This was an argumentum ad hominem. The Jews held that such things were lawful on the sabbath day, and our Saviour very properly appealed to their canons in vindication of his intention to heal the distressed man.

Luke 13:15-17 The Lord then answered him, and said, You hypocrite, does not each …

Luke 14:5 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an donkey or an …

and if.

Exodus 23:4,5 If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall …

Deuteronomy 22:4 You shall not see your brother's donkey or his ox fall down by the …

How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
And charged them that they should not make him known:
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
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.

Behold. This prophecy is expressly referred to the Messiah by the Targumist, who renders, 'Behold my servant the Messiah,' etc. ha avdi mesheecha; and it was amply fulfilled in the gentle, lowly, condescending and beneficent nature of Christ's miracles and personal ministry, his perseverance in the midst of opposition, without engaging in contentious disputation, and his kind and tender dealing with weak and tempted believers.

my servant.

Isaiah 49:5,6 And now, said the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, …

Isaiah 52:13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and …

Isaiah 53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: …

Zechariah 3:8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you, and your fellows that sit …

Philippians 2:6,7 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God…

whom I.

Psalm 89:19 Then you spoke in vision to your holy one, and said, I have laid …

Isaiah 49:1-3 Listen, O isles, to me; and listen, you people, from far; The LORD …

Luke 23:35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided …

1 Peter 2:4 To whom coming, as to a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but …

my beloved.

Matthew 3:17 And see a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom …

Matthew 17:5 While he yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and …

Mark 1:11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son, …

Mark 9:7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out …

Luke 9:35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved …

Ephesians 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has made us accepted …

Colossians 1:1,13 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus …

2 Peter 1:17 For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there came …

I will.

Matthew 3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: …

Isaiah 11:2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom …

Isaiah 59:20,21 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and to them that turn from transgression …

Isaiah 61:1-3 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on me; because the LORD has anointed …

Luke 3:22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove on him, …

Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach …

John 1:32-34 And John bore record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven …

John 3:34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God: for God gives not …

Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: …

and he.

Isaiah 32:15,16 Until the spirit be poured on us from on high, and the wilderness …

Isaiah 49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to …

Isaiah 60:2,3 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness …

Isaiah 62:2 And the Gentiles shall see your righteousness, and all kings your …

Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of …

Luke 2:31,32 Which you have prepared before the face of all people…

Acts 11:18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified …

Acts 13:46-48 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that …

Acts 14:27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they …

Acts 26:17,18 Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send you…

Romans 15:9-12 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, …

Ephesians 2:11-13 Why remember, that you being in time past Gentiles in the flesh…

Ephesians 3:5-8 Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it …

He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

bruised.

Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

2 Kings 18:21 Now, behold, you trust on the staff of this bruised reed, even on …

Psalm 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite …

Psalm 147:3 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

Isaiah 40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs …

Isaiah 57:15 For thus said the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose …

Isaiah 61:1-3 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on me; because the LORD has anointed …

Lamentations 3:31-34 For the LORD will not cast off for ever…

Ezekiel 34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven …

Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach …

2 Corinthians 2:7 So that contrariwise you ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him…

Hebrews 12:12,13 Why lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees…

till.

Psalm 98:1-3 O sing to the LORD a new song; for he has done marvelous things: …

Isaiah 42:3,4 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he …

Romans 15:17-19 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those …

2 Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be to God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ, …

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh…

Revelation 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a …

Revelation 19:11-21 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat …

And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
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.
And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
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:
And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.

I cast.

Matthew 12:18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul …

Mark 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall …

Luke 11:20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom …

Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: …

then.

Matthew 6:33 But seek you first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and …

Matthew 21:31,43 Whether of them two did the will of his father? They say to him, …

Isaiah 9:6,7 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government …

Daniel 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, …

Daniel 7:14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that …

Mark 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: …

Mark 11:10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that comes in the name …

Luke 1:32,33 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and …

Luke 9:2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

Luke 10:11 Even the very dust of your city, which sticks on us, we do wipe off …

Luke 11:20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom …

Luke 16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom …

Luke 17:20,21 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God …

Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, …

Colossians 1:13 Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated …

Hebrews 12:28 Why we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, …

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.
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
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.
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.
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.
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

generation.

Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, …

Matthew 23:33 You serpents, you generation of vipers, how can you escape the damnation …

Luke 3:7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, …

John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you …

1 John 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the …

how.

1 Samuel 24:13 As said the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceeds from the …

Psalm 10:6,7 He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never …

Psalm 52:2-5 The tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully…

Psalm 53:1 The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, …

Psalm 64:3,5 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot …

Psalm 120:2-4 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue…

Psalm 140:2,3 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered …

Isaiah 32:6 For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work …

Isaiah 59:4,14 None calls for justice, nor any pleads for truth: they trust in vanity, …

Jeremiah 7:2-5 Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, …

Romans 3:10-14 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one…

James 3:5-8 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. …

for.

Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that …

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.
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

every.

Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, …

Romans 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ …

Ephesians 6:4-6 And, you fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them …

Jude 1:14,15 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, …

Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books …

idle word. [Rhema,] [argos,] i.e., [ergo--work/act/deed,] from a, privative, and [ergon,] work, a word that produces no good effect, and is not calculated to produce any. Discourse, says Dr. Doddridge, 'tending to innocent mirth, to exhilarate the spirits, is not idle discourse; as the time spent in necessary recreation is not idle time.'

For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
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:
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.
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.
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.
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

when. Had there been no reality in demoniacal possessions, as some have supposed, our Lord would scarcely have appealed to a case of this kind here, to point out the real state of the Jewish people, and their approaching desolation. Had this been only a vulgar error, of the nonsense of which the learned scribes and wise Pharisees must have been convinced, the case, not being in point, because not true, must have been treated with contempt by the very people for whose conviction it was designed.

the unclean.

Luke 11:24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry …

Acts 8:13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued …

he.

Job 1:7 And the LORD said to Satan, From where come you? Then Satan answered …

Job 2:2 And the LORD said to Satan, From where come you? And Satan answered …

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring …

dry.

Psalm 63:1 O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for …

Isaiah 35:6,7 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb …

Isaiah 41:18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the middle of …

Ezekiel 47:8-12 Then said he to me, These waters issue out toward the east country, …

Amos 8:11-13 Behold, the days come, said the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine …

seeking.

Matthew 8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, …

Mark 5:7-13 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with you, …

Luke 8:28-32 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with …

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.

my.

Matthew 12:29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his …

Luke 11:21,22 When a strong man armed keeps his palace, his goods are in peace…

John 13:27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus to him, …

Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, …

1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because …

he findeth.

Matthew 13:20-22 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that …

Psalm 81:11,12 But my people would not listen to my voice; and Israel would none of me…

Hosea 7:6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie …

John 12:6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was …

John 13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of …

Acts 5:1-3 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession…

Acts 8:18-23 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands …

1 Corinthians 11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved …

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power …

1 Timothy 6:4,5,9,10 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes …

1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been …

Jude 1:4,5 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old …

Revelation 13:3,4,8,9 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly …

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.

seven.

Matthew 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not …

Mark 5:9 And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My …

Mark 16:9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared …

Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, …

more.

Matthew 23:15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you compass sea …

and the.

Luke 11:26 Then goes he, and takes to him seven other spirits more wicked than …

Hebrews 6:4-8 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have …

Hebrews 10:26-31,39 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge …

2 Peter 2:14-22 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling …

1 John 5:16,17 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not to death, he shall …

Jude 1:10-13 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what …

Even. And so it was; for they became worse and worse, as if totally abandoned to diabolical influence, till the besom of destruction swept them away.

Matthew 21:38-44 But when the farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, This …

Matthew 23:32-39,24,34 Fill you up then the measure of your fathers…

Luke 11:49-51 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets …

Luke 19:41-44 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it…

John 15:22-24 If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin: but now …

Romans 11:8-10 (According as it is written, God has given them the spirit of slumber, …

1 Thessalonians 2:15,16 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have …

While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

do.

Matthew 7:20,21 Why by their fruits you shall know them…

Matthew 17:5 While he yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and …

Mark 3:35 For whoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and …

Luke 8:21 And he answered and said to them, My mother and my brothers are these …

Luke 11:27,28 And it came to pass, as he spoke these things, a certain woman of …

John 6:29,40 Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you …

John 15:14 You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.

Acts 3:22,23 For Moses truly said to the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your …

Acts 16:30,31 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved…

Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commands all …

Acts 26:20 But showed first to them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout …

Galatians 5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision; …

Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, …

Colossians 3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, …

Hebrews 5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation …

James 1:21,22 Why lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and …

1 Peter 4:2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to …

1 John 2:17 And the world passes away, and the lust thereof: but he that does …

1 John 3:23,24 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of …

Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right …

the same.

Matthew 25:40,45 And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch …

Matthew 28:10 Then said Jesus to them, Be not afraid: go tell my brothers that …

Psalm 22:22 I will declare your name to my brothers: in the middle of the congregation …

John 20:17 Jesus said to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my …

Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed …

Hebrews 2:11-17 For both he that sanctifies and they who are sanctified are all of …

and sister.

Songs 4:9,10,12 You have ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; you have ravished …

Songs 5:1,2 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my …

1 Corinthians 9:5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other …

2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused …

Ephesians 5:25-27 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, …

and mother.

John 19:26,27 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, …

1 Timothy 5:2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
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