Matthew 12:16-26

16 and ¹warned them not to tell who He was.

17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:

18 "²BEHOLD, MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN; ³MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL is WELL-PLEASED; ⁴ I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM, ⁵ AND HE SHALL PROCLAIM JUSTICE TO THE GENTILES.

19 "⁶HE WILL NOT QUARREL, NOR CRY OUT; NOR WILL ANYONE HEAR HIS VOICE IN THE STREETS.

20 "⁷A BATTERED REED HE WILL NOT BREAK OFF, AND A SMOLDERING WICK HE WILL NOT PUT OUT, UNTIL HE LEADS JUSTICE TO VICTORY.

21 "⁸AND IN HIS NAME THE GENTILES WILL HOPE."

The Pharisees Rebuked

22 ⁹Then a ¹⁰demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw.

23 All the crowds were amazed, and were saying, "This man cannot be the ¹¹Son of David, can he?"

24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "This man ¹²casts out demons only * * by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons."

25 ¹³And ¹⁴knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, "Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself will not stand.

26 "If ¹⁵Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?

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Cross References 15

1. Matthew 8:4; Matthew 9:30; Matthew 17:9
2. Isaiah 42:1
3. Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5
4. Luke 4:18; John 3:34
5. Isaiah 42:1
6. Isaiah 42:2
7. Isaiah 42:3
8. Romans 15:12
9. Matthew 12:22, 24: {Luke 11:14, 15;} Matthew 9:32, 34
10. Matthew 4:24; 2 Thessalonians 2:9
11. Matthew 9:27
12. Matthew 9:34
13. Matthew 12:25-29: {Mark 3:23-27; Luke 11:17-22}
14. Matthew 9:4
15. Matthew 4:10; Matthew 13:19

Footnotes 14

[a]. Lit "make Him known"
[b]. Lit "Child"
[c]. Lit "chose"
[d]. Or "took pleasure"
[e]. Or "judgment"
[f]. Or "nations"
[g]. Or "puts forth"
[h]. Or "judgment"
[i]. Or "nations"
[j]. Lit "Him"
[k]. Or "Beezebul;" i.e. ruler of demons
[l]. Lit "Every"
[m]. Lit "Every"
[n]. Lit "was"

Matthew 12:16-26

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The Pharisees Rebuked

Cross References 15

Footnotes 14