Matthew 12 — WBMS
12Verse 1In that time Jesus went by corns in [or on] the sabbath day; and his disciples hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.Verse 2And the Pharisees, seeing, said to him, Lo! thy disciples do that thing that is not leaveful to them to do in [the] sabbaths.Verse 3And he said to them, Whether ye have not read, what David did, when he hungered, and they that were with him?Verse 4how he entered into the house of God, and ate loaves of proposition, [either of setting forth], which loaves it was not leaveful to him to eat, neither to them that were with him, but to priests alone?Verse 5Or whether ye have not read in the law, that in the sabbaths priests in the temple defoul the sabbaths, and they be without blame?Verse 6And I say to you, that here is a greater than the temple.Verse 7And if ye knew, what it is, I will mercy, and not sacrifice, ye should never have condemned innocents.Verse 8For man’s Son is Lord, yea, of the sabbath.Verse 9And when he passed from thence, he came into the synagogue of them.Verse 10And lo! a man that had a dry hand. And they asked him, and said, Whether it be leaveful to heal in the sabbath? that they should accuse him.Verse 11And he said to them, What man of you shall there be, that hath one sheep, and if it fall into a ditch in the sabbaths, whether he shall not hold, and lift it up?Verse 12How much more is a man better than a sheep? Therefore it is leaveful to do good in the sabbaths.Verse 13Then he said to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched forth; and it was restored to health as the other.Verse 14And the Pharisees went out, and made a counsel against him, how they should destroy him.Verse 15And Jesus knew it, and went away from thence; and many pursued him, and he healed them all.Verse 16And he commanded to them, that they should not make him known;Verse 17that that thing were fulfilled, that was said by Isaiah, the prophet, saying,Verse 18Lo! my child, whom I have chosen, my darling, in whom it hath well pleased to my soul; I shall put my Spirit on him, and he shall tell doom to heathen men.Verse 19He shall not strive, nor cry, neither any man shall hear his voice in streets.Verse 20A bruised reed he shall not break [or He shall not break altogether a shaken reed], and he shall not quench smoking flax, till he cast out doom to victory;Verse 21and heathen men shall hope in his name.Verse 22Then a man blind and dumb, that had a fiend [or a devil], was brought to him; and he healed him, so that he spake, and saw.Verse 23And all the people wondered, and said, Whether this be the son of David?Verse 24But the Pharisees heard, and said, He this casteth not out fiends, but in Beelzebub, prince of fiends [or prince of devils].Verse 25And Jesus, witting their thoughts, said to them, Each kingdom parted against itself, shall be desolated [or be desolate], and each city, or house, parted against itself, shall not stand.Verse 26And if Satan casteth out Satan, he is parted against himself; therefore how shall his kingdom stand?Verse 27And if I in Beelzebub cast out devils, in whom, [or by whose might], your sons cast out? Therefore they shall be your doomsmen.Verse 28But if I in the Spirit of God cast out fiends, then the kingdom of God is come into you [or is come among you].Verse 29Either how may any man enter into the house of a strong man, and take away his vessels, but he first bind the strong man, and then he shall spoil his house?Verse 30He that is not with me, is against me; and he that gathereth not together with me, scattereth abroad.Verse 31Therefore I say to you, all sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men, but [the] blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven.Verse 32And whoever saith a word against man’s Son, it shall be forgiven to him; but who that saith a word against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven to him, neither in this world, nor in the tother.Verse 33Either make ye the tree good, and his fruit good; either make ye the tree evil and his fruit evil; for a tree is known of his fruit.Verse 34Ye generation of adders, how may ye speak good things, when ye be evil? For the mouth speaketh of the plenty [or of the great abundance] of the heart.Verse 35A good man bringeth forth good things of good treasure, and an evil man bringeth forth evil things of evil treasure.Verse 36And I say to you, that of every idle word, that men speak, they shall yield reason thereof in the day of doom;Verse 37for of thy words thou shalt be justified, and of thy words thou shalt be condemned.Verse 38Then some of the scribes and the Pharisees answered to him, and said, Master, we will see a token of thee.Verse 39Which answered, and said to them, An evil kindred and a spouse-breaker [or adulterous] seeketh a token, and a token shall not be given to it, but the token of Jonah, the prophet.Verse 40For as Jonah was in the womb of a whale three days and three nights, so man’s Son shall be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.Verse 41Men of Nineveh shall rise in doom with this generation, and shall condemn it; for they did penance in the preaching of Jonah, and lo! here [is] a greater than Jonah.Verse 42The queen of the south shall rise in doom with this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and lo! here [is] a greater than Solomon.Verse 43When an unclean spirit goeth out from a man, he goeth by dry places, seeking rest, and findeth not [or none].Verse 44Then he saith, I shall turn again into mine house, from whence I went out. And he cometh, and findeth it void, and cleansed with besoms, and made fair.Verse 45Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits worse than himself; and they enter [in], and dwell there. And the last things of that man be made worse than the former. So it shall be to this worst generation.Verse 46Yet while he spake to the people, lo! his mother and his brethren stood withoutforth, seeking to speak with him.Verse 47And a man said to him, Lo! thy mother and thy brethren stand with-outforth, seeking thee.Verse 48And he answered to the man, that spake to him, and said, Who is my mother? and who be my brethren?Verse 49And he held forth his hand into his disciples, and said, Lo! my mother and my brethren;Verse 50for whoever doeth the will of my Father that is in heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.