# Matthew 12

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/matthew/12

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, but his disciples grew hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and eat.
2. But the Pharisees saw and said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what isn't lawful on the Sabbath."
3. But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did when he was hungry and those with him?"
4. How did he enter the house of God and they eat the presentation loaves, which it was not permitted for him to eat, nor for those with him, except only for the priests?
5. Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?
6. But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here.
7. But if you had known what this is—“I desire mercy and not sacrifice”—you would not have condemned the innocent.
8. For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath.
9. And leaving that place, he went into their synagogue.
10. And look, a man was there with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" so they might accuse him.
11. But he said to them, "Who among you is a man who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath, won't he seize it and raise it?"
12. How much more valuable, then, is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is permitted to do good on the sabbaths.
13. Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and it was restored sound, like the other.
14. But the Pharisees went out and took counsel against him about how to destroy him.
15. But Jesus, aware of it, went away from there, and many followed him, and he healed them all.
16. And he charged them not to make him known.
17. so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying
18. Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul delights; I will place my Spirit upon him, and he will declare justice to the nations.
19. He will not strive, nor cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.
20. He will not break a crushed reed or quench a smoldering flax until he brings justice to victory.
21. And nations will hope in his name.
22. Then a demon-possessed man, blind and mute, was brought to him, and he healed him so that the mute man spoke and saw.
23. And all the crowds were astonished and said, "Isn't this the son of David?"
24. But the Pharisees, when they heard, said, "This one does not expel the demons except by Beelzebul, ruler of the demons."
25. Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is made desolate, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.”
26. And if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
27. And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
28. But if by God's Spirit I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
29. Or how can anyone enter the strong man's house and seize his goods unless he first binds the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.
30. Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
31. Because of this I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
32. And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven him—neither in this age nor in the coming one.
33. Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for by the fruit the tree is known.
34. Brood of vipers, how can you who are evil speak good things? For from the heart's abundance the mouth speaks.
35. The good man brings forth good things from his good treasure, and the evil man brings forth evil things from his evil treasure.
36. But I tell you that every idle word people speak, they will give account for it on the day of judgment.
37. For you will be justified by your words, and you will be condemned by your words.
38. Then some of the scribes and Pharisees replied to him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."
39. But he replied to them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah the prophet."
40. For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
41. The men of Nineveh will rise in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's preaching. Behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
42. The queen from the south will rise in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear Solomon's wisdom; and see, something greater than Solomon is here.
43. But when the unclean spirit goes out from the person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finds none.
44. Then it says, "I will return to my house from where I came out," and coming back, it finds it empty, swept, and adorned.
45. Then it sets out and takes along with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there; that man's final plight becomes worse than the first. Thus it will be for this evil generation too.
46. While he was still speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.
47. Someone said to him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you."
48. But he answered the one who said to him, "Who is my mother? And who are my brothers?"
49. And he extended his hand toward his disciples and said, "Look, my mother and my brothers!"
50. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, sister, and mother.

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[Matthew 11](https://www.lumin.faith/read/matthew/11.md)
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