Day 5 of 90

Matt 12:1–13:58

12:1 At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.

12:2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."

12:3 But he said to them, "Have not you read what David did, when he was hungry, he and his companions;

12:4 how 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 priests?

12:5 Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

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

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

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

12:9 And he departed there, and went into their synagogue.

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

12:11 And 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 day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?

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

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

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

12:15 But Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Many followed him; and he healed them all,

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

12:17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

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. And he will proclaim justice to the nations.

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

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

12:21 And in his name, the nations will hope."

12:22 Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him and he healed him, so that the mute man both spoke and saw.

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

12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."

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

12:26 And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

12:27 If I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

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

12:29 Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and carry off his possessions, unless he first bind the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

12:30 "He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters.

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

12:32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.

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.

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

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

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

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

12:38 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."

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

12:40 For as Jonah 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 earth.

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

12:42 The 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; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.

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

12:44 Then 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.

12:45 Then 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."

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

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

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

12:49 And he stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!

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

13:1 On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.

13:2 And great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.

13:3 And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

13:4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

13:5 And others fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

13:6 But when the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

13:7 Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

13:8 Still others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

13:9 He who has ears, let him hear."

13:10 Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

13:11 And he answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

13:12 For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever does not have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

13:13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing, they do not hear, neither do they understand.

13:14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

13:15 for this people's heart has grown callous, and their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.'

13:16 "But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

13:17 For truly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and did not see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.

13:18 "Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

13:19 When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and does not understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

13:20 And what was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

13:21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

13:22 And what was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

13:23 And what was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who truly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."

13:24 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

13:25 but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away.

13:26 But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the tares appeared also.

13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where did these tares come from?'

13:28 "And he said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?'

13:29 "But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the tares, you root up the wheat with them.

13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"

13:31 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

13:32 which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."

13:33 He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened."

13:34 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he did not speak to them,

13:35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the beginning of the world. "

13:36 Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the tares in the field."

13:37 And he answered them, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

13:38 and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the Kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one,

13:39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

13:40 As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of the age.

13:41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,

13:42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

13:43 Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

13:44 "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

13:45 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

13:46 and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

13:47 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

13:48 which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.

13:49 So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

13:50 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."

13:51 "Have you understood all these things?" They answered him, "Yes, Lord."

13:52 And he said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things."

13:53 And it happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.

13:54 And coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?

13:55 Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, Jacob and Joses and Simon and Judas?

13:56 And are not all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?"

13:57 And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house."

13:58 And he did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.