Matthew 12:1-8

VER 1. AT THAT TIME JESUS WENT ON THE SABBATH DAY THROUGH THE CORN; AND HIS DISCIPLES WERE AN HUNGRED, AND BEGAN TO PLUCK THE EARS OF CORN, AND TO EAT. 2. BUT WHEN THE PHARISEES SAW IT, THEY SAID UNTO HIM, "BEHOLD, THY DISCIPLES DO THAT WHICH IS NOT LAWFUL TO DO UPON THE SABBATH DAY." 3. BUT HE SAID... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 12:9-13

VER 9. AND WHEN HE WAS DEPARTED THENCE, HE WENT INTO THEIR SYNAGOGUE: 10. AND, BEHOLD, THERE WAS A MAN WHICH HAD HIS HAND WITHERED. AND THEY ASKED HIM, SAYING, IS IT LAWFUL TO HEAL ON THE SABBATH DAYS? THAT THEY MIGHT ACCUSE HIM. 11. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, "WHAT MAN SHALL THERE BE AMONG YOU, THAT SH... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 12:14-21

VER 14. THEN THE PHARISEES WENT OUT, AND HELD A COUNCIL AGAINST HIM, HOW THEY MIGHT DESTROY HIM. 15. BUT WHEN JESUS KNEW IT, HE WITHDREW HIMSELF FROM THENCE: AND GREAT MULTITUDES FOLLOWED HIM, AND HE HEALED THEM ALL; 16. AND CHARGED THEM THAT THEY SHOULD NOT MAKE HIM KNOWN: 17. THAT IT MIGHT BE FULF... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 12:22-24

VER 22. THEN WAS BROUGHT UNTO HIM ONE POSSESSED WITH A DEVIL, BLIND AND DUMB: AND HE HEALED HIM, INSOMUCH THAT THE BLIND AND DUMB BOTH SPAKE AND SAW. 23. AND ALL THE PEOPLE WERE AMAZED, AND SAID, IS NOT THIS THE SON OF DAVID? 24. BUT WHEN THE PHARISEES HEARD IT, THEY SAID, "THIS FELLOW DOTH NOT CAST... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 12:25,26

VER 25. AND JESUS KNEW THEIR THOUGHTS, AND SAID UNTO THEM, "EVERY KINGDOM DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF IS BROUGHT TO DESOLATION; AND EVERY CITY OR HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF SHALL NOT STAND; 26. AND IF SATAN CAST OUT SATAN, HE IS DIVIDED AGAINST HIMSELF; HOW SHALL THEN HIS KINGDOM STAND?" Jerome: The P... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 12:27,28

VER 27. "AND IF I BY BEELZEBUB CAST OUT DEVILS, BY WHOM DO YOUR CHILDREN CAST THEM OUT? THEREFORE THEY SHALL BE YOUR JUDGES. 28. BUT IF I CAST OUT DEVILS BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THEN THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS COME UNTO YOU." Chrys.: After the first answer, He comes to a second more plain than the first,... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 12:29

VER 29. "OR ELSE HOW CAN ONE ENTER INTO A STRONG MAN'S HOUSE, AND SPOIL HIS GOODS, EXCEPT HE FIRST BIND THE STRONG MAN? AND THEN HE WILL SPOIL HIS HOUSE." Chrys.: Having concluded the second answer, He brings forward yet a third, saying, "Or how can any enter into a strong man's house? For that Sat... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 12:30

VER 30. "HE THAT IS NOT WITH ME IS AGAINST ME; AND HE THAT GATHERETH NOT WITH ME SCATTERETH ABROAD." Chrys.: After that third reply, here follows a fourth, "He that is not with me is against me." Hilary: Wherein He shews how far He is from having borrowed any power from the Devil; teaching us how... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 12:31,32

VER 31. "WHEREFORE I SAY UNTO YOU, ALL MANNER OF SIN AND BLASPHEMY SHALL BE FORGIVEN UNTO MEN: BUT THE BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST SHALL NOT BE FORGIVEN UNTO MEN, 32. AND WHOSOEVER SPEAKETH A WORD AGAINST THE SON OF MAN, IT SHALL BE FORGIVEN HIM: BUT WHOSOEVER SPEAKETH AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST, I... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 12:33-35

VER 33. "EITHER MAKE THE TREE GOOD, AND HIS FRUIT GOOD; OR ELSE MAKE THE TREE CORRUPT, AND HIS FRUIT CORRUPT: FOR THE TREE IS KNOWN BY HIS FRUIT. 34. O GENERATION OF VIPERS, HOW CAN YE, BEING EVIL, SPEAK GOOD THINGS? FOR OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKETH. 35. A GOOD MAN OUT OF THE... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 12:36,37

VER 36. "BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT EVERY IDLE WORD THAT MEN SHALL SPEAK, THEY SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT THEREOF IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 37. FOR BY THY WORDS THOU SHALT BE JUSTIFIED, AND BY THY WORDS THOU SHALT BE CONDEMNED." Chrys.: The Lord follows up what He had said before by moving their fears, shewing... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 12:38-40

VER 38. THEN CERTAIN OF THE SCRIBES AND OF THE PHARISEES ANSWERED, SAYING, "MASTER, WE WOULD SEE A SIGN FROM THEE." 39. BUT HE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, "AN EVIL AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION SEEKETH AFTER A SIGN; AND THERE SHALL NO SIGN BE GIVEN TO IT, BUT THE SIGN OF THE PROPHET JONAS: 40. FOR AS J... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 12:41,42

VER 41. "THE MEN OF NINEVEH SHALL RISE IN JUDGMENT WITH THIS GENERATION, AND SHALL CONDEMN IT: BECAUSE THEY REPENTED AT THE PREACHING OF JONAS; AND, BEHOLD, A GREATER THAN JONAS IS HERE. 42. THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH SHALL RISE UP IN THE JUDGMENT WITH THIS GENERATION, AND SHALL CONDEMN IT: FOR SHE CAME... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 12:43-45

VER 43. "WHEN THE UNCLEAN SPIRIT IS GONE OUT OF A MAN, HE WALKETH THROUGH DRY PLACES, SEEKING REST, AND FINDETH NONE. 44. THEN HE SAITH, I WILL RETURN INTO MY HOUSE FROM WHENCE I CAME OUT; AND WHEN HE IS COME, HE FINDETH IT EMPTY, SWEPT, AND GARNISHED. 45. THEN GOETH HE, AND TAKETH WITH HIMSELF SEVE... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 12:46-50

VER 46. WHILE HE YET TALKED TO THE PEOPLE, BEHOLD, HIS MOTHER AND HIS BRETHREN STOOD WITHOUT, DESIRING TO SPEAK WITH HIM. 47. THEN ONE SAID UNTO HIM, "BEHOLD, THY MOTHER AND THY BRETHREN STAND WITHOUT, DESIRING TO SPEAK WITH THEE." 48. BUT HE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM THAT TOLD HIM, "WHO IS MY MOTH... [ Continue Reading ]

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