Matthew 12:14-24

14 But the Pharisees went out and ¹conspired * against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

15 But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and ²He healed them all,

16 and ³warned them not to tell who He was.

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

18 "⁴BEHOLD, MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN; ⁵MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL is WELL-PLEASED; ⁶ I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM, ⁷ AND HE SHALL PROCLAIM JUSTICE TO THE GENTILES.

19 "⁸HE WILL NOT QUARREL, NOR CRY OUT; NOR WILL ANYONE HEAR HIS VOICE IN THE STREETS.

20 "⁹A BATTERED REED HE WILL NOT BREAK OFF, AND A SMOLDERING WICK HE WILL NOT PUT OUT, UNTIL HE LEADS JUSTICE TO VICTORY.

21 "¹⁰AND IN HIS NAME THE GENTILES WILL HOPE."

The Pharisees Rebuked

22 ¹¹Then a ¹²demon-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 ¹³Son of David, can he?"

24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "This man ¹⁴casts out demons only * * by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 26:4; Mark 14:1; Luke 22:2; John 7:30, 44; John 8:59; John 10:31, 39; John 11:53
• 2. Matthew 4:23
• 3. Matthew 8:4; Matthew 9:30; Matthew 17:9
• 4. Isaiah 42:1
• 5. Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5
• 6. Luke 4:18; John 3:34
• 7. Isaiah 42:1
• 8. Isaiah 42:2
• 9. Isaiah 42:3
• 10. Romans 15:12
• 11. Matthew 12:22, 24: {Luke 11:14, 15;} Matthew 9:32, 34
• 12. Matthew 4:24; 2 Thessalonians 2:9
• 13. Matthew 9:27
• 14. Matthew 9:34

Footnotes

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