Matthew 12:8-21

Lord of the Sabbath

8 "For ¹the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

9 ²Departing from there, He went into their synagogue.

10 And a man was there whose hand was withered. And they questioned Jesus, asking, "³Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"-so that they might accuse Him.

11 And He said to them, "⁴What man is there among you who has a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?

12 "⁵How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."

13 Then He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand!" ⁶He stretched it out, and it was restored to normal, like the other.

14 But the Pharisees went out and ⁷conspired * against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

15 But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and ⁸He healed them all,

16 and ⁹warned them not to tell who He was.

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

18 "¹⁰BEHOLD, MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN; ¹¹MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL is WELL-PLEASED; ¹² I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM, ¹³ AND HE SHALL PROCLAIM JUSTICE TO THE GENTILES.

19 "¹⁴HE WILL NOT QUARREL, NOR CRY OUT; NOR WILL ANYONE HEAR HIS VOICE IN THE STREETS.

20 "¹⁵A BATTERED REED HE WILL NOT BREAK OFF, AND A SMOLDERING WICK HE WILL NOT PUT OUT, UNTIL HE LEADS JUSTICE TO VICTORY.

21 "¹⁶AND IN HIS NAME THE GENTILES WILL HOPE."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 8:20; Matthew 12:32, 40
• 2. Matthew 12:9-14: {Mark 3:1-6; Luke 6:6-11}
• 3. Matthew 12:2; Luke 13:14; Luke 14:3; John 5:10; John 7:23; John 9:16
• 4. Luke 14:5
• 5. Matthew 10:31; Luke 14:1-6
• 6. Matthew 8:3; Acts 28:8
• 7. Matthew 26:4; Mark 14:1; Luke 22:2; John 7:30, 44; John 8:59; John 10:31, 39; John 11:53
• 8. Matthew 4:23
• 9. Matthew 8:4; Matthew 9:30; Matthew 17:9
• 10. Isaiah 42:1
• 11. Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5
• 12. Luke 4:18; John 3:34
• 13. Isaiah 42:1
• 14. Isaiah 42:2
• 15. Isaiah 42:3
• 16. Romans 15:12

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "Him"
• [b] Lit "will be from you"
• [c] Lit "will have"
• [d] Lit "well"
• [e] Lit "health"
• [f] Lit "took counsel"
• [g] Lit "knowing"
• [h] Lit "make Him known"
• [i] Lit "Child"
• [j] Lit "chose"
• [k] Or "took pleasure"
• [l] Or "judgment"
• [m] Or "nations"
• [n] Or "puts forth"
• [o] Or "judgment"
• [p] Or "nations"