Matthew 12:11-21

11 He said to them, "Which one of you who has a sheep, ¹if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

12 ²Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So ³it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."

13 Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And ⁴the man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other.

14 But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.

God's Chosen Servant

15 Jesus, aware of this, ⁵withdrew from there. And ⁶many followed him, and he healed them all

16 and ⁷ordered them not to make him known.

17 ⁸This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

18 ⁹"Behold, my ¹⁰servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. ¹¹I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

19 He will not quarrel or cry aloud, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets;

20 a bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory;

21 ¹²and in his name the Gentiles will hope."