Matthew 12
Matthew 12English Standard Version (ESV)
Who went through the grainfields on the Sabbath? (v1)
Who was hungry and began to pluck the heads of grain and eat? (v1)
What did the Pharisees say to Jesus? (v2)
How did Jesus respond? (v3-8)
Who entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence? (v3-4)
Who could lawfully eat the bread of the Presence? (v4)
Who in the Law profanes the Sabbath and are guiltless? (v5)
What does Jesus tell them? (v6)
If they had known what "I desire mercy, and not sacrifice" meant, what would they have not done? (v7)
Who is Lord of the Sabbath? (v8)
Where did Jesus then go? (v9)
Who was there? (v10)
Who asked Jesus "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath? (v10, v2)
Why did they ask Jesus this? (v10)
How did Jesus respond? (v11-13)
What image did Jesus use in verse 11 and who did he compare a sheep to? (v11-12)
What was Jesus' conclusion? (v12)
To who did Jesus say, "Stretch out your hand?" (v13, v10)
What did the man do? (v13)
What did the hand do? (v13)
What was it like? (v13)
What was the Pharisees' reaction? (v14)
Was Jesus aware of the Pharisees' reaction? (v14-15)
Who did Jesus heal in verse 15?
What did Jesus tell them? (v16)
What was fulfilled that was spoken by the prophet Isaiah? (v17-21)
What is said was put upon him? (v18)
What does it say he will not do? (v19)
Who will hope in His name? (v21)
Who was blind and mute and brought to Jesus? (v22, v15,)
What could the man then do after he was healed? (v22)
What did the people say after this? (v23)
What was the Pharisees reaction? (v24)
What did Jesus know? (v25)
What did Jesus say to them? (v25-37)
What is the fate of a kingdom divided against itself? (v25)
What is the fate of a city or house divided against itself? (v25)
If Satan casts out Satan, who is he divided against? (v26)
What question does Jesus ask in verse 27?
Who's kingdom has come if by the Spirit of God, Jesus cast out demons? (v28)
What must be done before someone enters a strong man's house and plunder his goods? (v29) (It should be understood this is not suggestive but rather metaphorical)
Who is against Jesus? (v30)
What does someone do who does not gather with Jesus? (v30)
How many of the sins and blasphemies will be forgiven people? (v31)
What blasphemy will not be forgiven? (v31)
If someone speaks a word against the Son of Man will they be forgiven? (v32)
Wills someone who speaks against the Holy Spirit be forgiven? (v32)
Will they be forgiven in the next age to come? (v32)
How is a tree known? (v33)
"How can you speak _________ , when you are evil?" - Verse 33
How does the mouth speak? (v33)
What does the good person bring forth? (v35)
What does the good person bring it forth from? (v35)
What does the evil person bring forth? (v35)
Where does the evil person bring it forth from? (v35)
On the day of judgment, what will people give an account for? (v36)
According to Jesus, how will you be justified? (v37)
According to Jesus, how will you be condemned? (v37)
How did some of the scribes and Pharisees answer Jesus? (v38)
How did the scribes and Pharisees address Jesus? (v38)
What did some of the scribes and Pharisees ask from Jesus? (v38)
How did Jesus answer them? (v39-45)
How did Jesus address them or describe a generation that seeks for a sign? (v39)
Did Jesus say a sign would be given? (v39)
What sign did Jesus say would be given? (v39-42)
How did Jesus compare the Son of Man being three days and nights in the heart of the earth? (v40)
Who will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it? (v41)
What did those who will rise up with this generation and condemn it repent at? (v41)
Verse 41 - "and behold, something greater than _________ is here."
Who also will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it? (v42)
What did she seek to hear? (v42)
Verse 42 - "and behold, something greater than _________ is here."
What happens when the unclean spirit has gone out of a person? (v43)
What does it do when it find no place to rest? (v43-45)
How does it find the house when it returns? (v44)
What does it do then? (v45)
Who does Jesus compare this with? (v45)
Who stood outside asking to speak to him? (v46)
How did Jesus reply? (v48-50)
Further Questions:
How many times is David mentioned?
How many times are sons and fathers mentioned?
What is the significance of "The Son of David?"
How many times is the metaphor of a house used and what is the context for each?
Matthew 12English Standard Version (ESV)
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
12 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.” 3 He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: 4 how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? 5 Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? 6 I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. 7 And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
A Man with a Withered Hand
9 He went on from there and entered their synagogue. 10 And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might accuse him. 11 He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? 12 Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” 13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And the 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, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all 16 and ordered them not to make him known. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
18 “Behold, my servant whom I have chosen,
my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased.
I 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 and in his name the Gentiles will hope.”
my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased.
I 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 and in his name the Gentiles will hope.”
Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit
22 Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, “Can this be the Son of David?” 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.” 25 Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. 26 And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. 28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 29 Or how can someone enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house. 30 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit
33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.35 The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 36 I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, 37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
The Sign of Jonah
38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” 39 But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. 42 The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
Return of an Unclean Spirit
43 “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order. 45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation.”
Jesus' Mother and Brothers
46 While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers[a]stood outside, asking to speak to him.[b] 48 But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
Footnotes:
- Matthew 12:46 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 48, 49
- Matthew 12:46 Some manuscripts insert verse 47: Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak to you”
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