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and eat them. 2 When the Phar i sees saw this, they said to him,“ Look! Your dis ci ples are do ing what is un law ful on the Sab bath.”
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He an swered,“ Haven’ t you read what Da vid did when he and his com pan ions were hun gry? 4 He en tered the house of God, and he and his com panions ate the con se crat ed bread— which was not law ful for them to do, but only for the priests. 5 Or haven’ t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the tem ple des e crate the Sab bath and yet are in no cent? 6 I tell you that some thing great er than the tem ple is here. 7 If you had known what these words mean,‘ I de sire mer cy, not sac ri fice,’ a you would not have con demned the in no cent. 8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sab bath.”
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Go ing on from that place, he went into their syn a gogue, 10 and a man with a shriv eled hand was there. Look ing for a rea son to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him,“ Is it law ful to heal on the Sab bath?”
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He said to them,“ If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sab bath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? 12 How much more valu able is a per son than a sheep! There fore it is law ful to do good on the Sab bath.”
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Then he said to the man,“ Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out and it was com plete ly re stored, just as sound as the oth er. 14 But the Phar i sees went out and plot ted how they might kill Jesus. were ill. 16 He warned them not to tell oth ers about him. 17 This was to ful fill what was spo ken through the proph et Isa iah:
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“ Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
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He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear his voice in the streets.
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A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he has brought justice through to victory.
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In his name the nations will put their hope.” b
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12:25-29pp— Mk 3:23-27; Lk 11:17-22
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Then they brought him a de mon-pos sessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. 23 All the peo ple were as ton ished and said,“ Could this be the Son of Da vid?”
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But when the Phar i sees heard this, they said,“ It is only by Be el ze bul, the prince of de mons, that this fel low drives out de mons.”
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Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them,“ Ev ery king dom di vid ed against it self will be ruined, and ev ery city or house hold di vid ed against
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Aware of this, Jesus with drew from that place.
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12:2 Pharisees These Jewish teachers consider the plucking of grain to be a violation of the Sabbath prohibition against work. See note on Mk 2:23. 12:3 what David did Refers to 1Sa 21:1 – 6. 12:4 consecrated bread Loaves of bread placed in the tabernacle sanctuary( Lev 24:5 – 9). 12:5 desecrate the Sabbath A reference to the duties of the priests, which technically violated the Sabbath but were permitted by God. 12:6 something greater than the temple is here Likely refers to Jesus and his authority( compare Jn 2:18 – 21), or perhaps to the kingdom of heaven itself. 12:7 I desire mercy, not sacrifice Jesus quotes Hos 6:6 for a second time( compare Mt 9:13 and note). 12:8 Son of Man See 8:20 and note. Lord of the Sabbath Jesus asserts his authority over the Sabbath.
12:9 – 14 In a second Sabbath controversy, Jesus heals a man with a withered hand, again demonstrating that people’ s needs trump ritual observances.
12:9 synagogue See note on 4:23; see the infographic“ The Synagogue at Capernaum” on p. 1656. 12:10 to bring charges against Jesus If Jesus heals the man, the Pharisees can accuse him of working— thus breaking the Sabbath. 12:11 and lift it out Some rabbis taught that, in life and death circumstances, it was permissible to work on the Sabbath( see the rabbinic work, the Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 148b). Others, such as those in the Dead Sea Scrolls community, forbade anything that might be considered work, regardless of the circumstances. The Damascus Document— an early collection of Jewish laws found among the Dead Sea Scrolls— states that if an animal falls in a pit on the Sabbath, it must be left until after the Sabbath( Damascus Document A. 10).
12:15 – 21 In this brief passage, Matthew identifies Jesus as the suffering servant, who was prophesied in the book of Isaiah.
12:18 The quotation in Mt 12:18 – 21 comes from Isa 42:1 – 4, which is a prophecy about the suffering servant. See the table“ Jesus’ Fulfillment of OT Prophecy” on p. 1573.
12:18 in whom I delight At Jesus’ baptism and transfiguration, a voice from heaven speaks these words( Mt 3:17; 17:5).
12:22 – 32 In the following section, the Pharisees hear the crowds speaking of Jesus in Messianic terms, so they attempt to discredit his ministry. In return, Jesus accuses them of committing an unpardonable sin.
12:23 Son of David A Messianic title. See note on 1:1. 12:24 Beelzebul, the prince of demons The people have just wondered whether Jesus is the Messiah, and the Pharisees accuse him of being demonic. See 10:25 and note.