Matthew 12:19-29

19 "¹HE WILL NOT QUARREL, NOR CRY OUT; NOR WILL ANYONE HEAR HIS VOICE IN THE STREETS.

20 "²A BATTERED REED HE WILL NOT BREAK OFF, AND A SMOLDERING WICK HE WILL NOT PUT OUT, UNTIL HE LEADS JUSTICE TO VICTORY.

21 "³AND IN HIS NAME THE GENTILES WILL HOPE."

The Pharisees Rebuked

22 ⁴Then a ⁵demon-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 ⁶Son of David, can he?"

24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "This man ⁷casts out demons only * * by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons."

25 ⁸And ⁹knowing 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 ¹⁰Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?

27 "If I ¹¹by Beelzebul cast out demons, ¹²by whom do your sons cast them out? For this * reason * they will be your judges.

28 "But ¹³if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

29 "Or how can anyone enter the strong man's house and carry off his property, unless * he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

Cross References

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

Footnotes

• [a] Or "puts forth"
• [b] Or "judgment"
• [c] Or "nations"
• [d] Lit "Him"
• [e] Or "Beezebul;" i.e. ruler of demons
• [f] Lit "Every"
• [g] Lit "Every"
• [h] Lit "was"
• [i] V 24, note 1