Matthew 12 — OURB
12Verse 1At that time, Yeshua [Salvation] went on the Sabbath ·To cease· day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.Verse 2But the Pharisees [Separated], when they saw it, said to him, “Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath ·To cease·.”+Verse 3But he said to them, “Haven’t you read what David [Beloved] did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;Verse 4how he entered in the house of MarYah [Master Yahweh], and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests?+Verse 5Or have you not read in the Torah ·Teaching·, that on the Sabbath ·To cease· day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath ·To cease·, and are guiltless?+Verse 6But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.Verse 7But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire eleos ·merciful compassion in action·, not sacrifice,’+you would not have condemned the guiltless.Verse 8For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath ·To cease·.”Verse 9He departed there, and went into their synagogue.Verse 10And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath ·To cease· day?” that they might accuse him.Verse 11+He said to them, “What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath ·To cease· day, won’t he grab on to it, and lift it out?+Verse 12Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath ·To cease· day.”Verse 13Then he told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other.Verse 14But the Pharisees [Separated] went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.Verse 15Yeshua [Salvation], perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him; and he healed them all,Verse 16and commanded them that they should not make him known:Verse 17+that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah [Salvation of Yah] the prophet, saying,Verse 18“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen;my agapetos ·beloved, esteemed· in whom my soul is well pleased:I will put my Ruach ·Spirit, Breath· on him.+He will proclaim justice to the nations.Verse 19+He will not strive, nor shout;neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets.Verse 20+He won’t break a bruised reed.He won’t quench a smoking flax,until he leads justice to victory.Verse 21In his name, the nations will+hope.”Verse 22Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.Verse 23All the multitudes were amazed, and said, “Can this be the son of David [Beloved]?”Verse 24++But when the Pharisees [Separated] heard it, they said, “This man does not cast out demons, except by Ba'al-Zibbul [Lord of Flies], the prince of the demons.”Verse 25Knowing their thoughts, Yeshua [Salvation] said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.Verse 26If Satan [Adversary] casts out Satan [Adversary], he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?Verse 27If I by Ba'al-Zibbul [Lord of Flies] cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.Verse 28+But if I by Ruach ·Spirit, Breath· of God cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come upon you.Verse 29Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.Verse 30“He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters.Verse 31Therefore I tell you, every abstract sin ·miss the mark· and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against haRuach [the Spirit, Breath] will not be forgiven men.Verse 32Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against Ruach haKodesh [Spirit, Breath of the Holiness], it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.Verse 33“Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.Verse 34You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.Verse 35The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.Verse 36I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.Verse 37For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”Verse 38+Then certain of the Torah-Teachers and Pharisees [Separated] answered, “Rabbi ·Teacher·, we want to see a sign from you.”Verse 39But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah [Dove] the prophet.Verse 40For as Jonah [Dove] was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights,+so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.Verse 41The men of Nineveh [Offspring’s Habitation] will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they make teshuvah ·complete repentance· at the preaching of Jonah [Dove]; and behold, someone greater than Jonah [Dove] is here.Verse 42The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon [Peaceable, Recompense];+and behold, someone greater than Solomon [Peaceable, Recompense] is here.”Verse 43“When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and does not find it.Verse 44Then he says, ‘I will teshuvah ·completely return· into my house from which I came out,’ and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.Verse 45Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation.”Verse 46While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.Verse 47One said to him, “Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to you.”Verse 48But he answered him who spoke to him, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”Verse 49He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said, “Behold, my mother and my brothers!Verse 50For whoever does the will of 'Avi shebashamayim ·my Father in Heaven·, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”