Matthew 12 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Sabbath Questions

(Mar 2:23–28; Luk 6:1–5 )

Mat 12:1At that time, Yeshua went on the day of Shabbat through the grain fields. His talmidim were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.

Mat 12:2

Mat 12:2But the Perushim, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your talmidim do what is not lawful to do on the Shabbat."

Mat 12:3

Mat 12:3But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;

Mat 12:4

Mat 12:4how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the Kohanim?

Mat 12:5

Mat 12:5Or have you not read in the law, that on the day of Shabbat, the Kohanim in the temple profane the Shabbat, and are guiltless?

Mat 12:6

Mat 12:6 But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.

Mat 12:7

Mat 12:7But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

Lord of the Sabbath

Mat 12:8

Mat 12:8For the Son of Man is Lord of the Shabbat."

(Mar 3:1–6; Luk 6:6–11 )

Mat 12:9

Mat 12:9He departed there, and went into their synagogue.

Mat 12:10

Mat 12:10And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the day of Shabbat?" that they might accuse him.

Mat 12:11

Mat 12:11He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the day of Shabbat, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?

Mat 12:12

Mat 12:12Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the day of Shabbat."

Mat 12:13

Mat 12:13Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other.

Mat 12:14

Mat 12:14But the Perushim went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.

Mat 12:15

Mat 12:15Yeshua, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him; and he healed them all,

Mat 12:16

Mat 12:16and charged them that they should not make him known:

Mat 12:17

Mat 12:17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Yesha`yahu the prophet, saying,

Mat 12:18

Mat 12:18"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the Goyim.

Mat 12:19

Mat 12:19He will not strive, nor shout; Neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

Mat 12:20

Mat 12:20He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a smoking flax, Until he leads justice to victory.

Mat 12:21

Mat 12:21In his name, the Goyim will hope."

The Pharisees Rebuked

(Mar 3:22–27; Luk 11:14–23 )

Mat 12:22

Mat 12:22Then 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.

Mat 12:23

Mat 12:23All the multitudes were amazed, and said, "Can this be the son of David?"

Mat 12:24

Mat 12:24But when the Perushim heard it, they said, "This man does not cast out demons, except by Ba`al-Zibbul, the prince of the demons."

Mat 12:25

Mat 12:25Knowing their thoughts, Yeshua said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

Mat 12:26

Mat 12:26If Hasatan casts out Hasatan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

Mat 12:27

Mat 12:27If I by Ba`al-Zibbul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

Mat 12:28

Mat 12:28But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you.

Mat 12:29

Mat 12:29Or 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.

The Unpardonable Sin

Mat 12:30

Mat 12:30"He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn't gather with me, scatters.

(Mar 3:28–30 )

Mat 12:31

Mat 12:31Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.

Mat 12:32

Mat 12:32Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Ruach HaKodesh, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.

Words Reveal Character

(Mat 7:15–20 )

Mat 12:33

Mat 12:33"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.

Mat 12:34

Mat 12:34You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Mat 12:35

Mat 12:35The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.

Mat 12:36

Mat 12:36I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

Mat 12:37

Mat 12:37For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

The Desire for Signs

(Luk 11:29–32 )

Mat 12:38

Mat 12:38Then certain of the Sofrim and Perushim answered, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."

Mat 12:39

Mat 12:39But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Yonah the prophet.

Mat 12:40

Mat 12:40For as Yonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the eretz.

Mat 12:41

Mat 12:41The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Yonah; and behold, someone greater than Yonah is here.

Mat 12:42

Mat 12:42The 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 eretz to hear the wisdom of Shlomo; and behold, someone greater than Shlomo is here.

(Luk 11:24–26 )

Mat 12:43

Mat 12:43But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.

Mat 12:44

Mat 12:44Then he says, 'I will return into my house from which I came out,' and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

Mat 12:45

Mat 12:45Then 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."

Changed Relationships

(Mar 3:31–35; Luk 8:19–21 )

Mat 12:46

Mat 12:46While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.

Mat 12:47

Mat 12:47One said to him, "Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to you."

Mat 12:48

Mat 12:48But he answered him who spoke to him, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?"

Mat 12:49

Mat 12:49He stretched out his hand towards his talmidim, and said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!

Mat 12:50

Mat 12:50For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother."

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