Matthew 12

Treated in 57 passages across the library.

  • 12:20 He will not snap off a bent reed or snuff out a wick that is barely burning, until he has led justice on to victory. 7
  • 12:31 This is why I tell you that people can be forgiven every sin and every slander, but no one will be forgiven for blasphemy against the Spirit. 7
  • 12:28 But if I am driving out demons by the Spirit of God, then God's kingdom has already arrived among you. 4
  • 12:33 Either count the tree good and its fruit good, or count the tree rotten and its fruit rotten. For the fruit shows what kind of tree it is. 4
  • 12:34 You family of snakes! How could good words come from you, since you are evil? The mouth speaks what spills over from the heart. 4
  • 12:10 A man was there whose hand was shriveled. They put a question to him: "Is healing allowed on the Sabbath?" They wanted a reason to bring a charge against him. 3
  • 12:13 Then he told the man, "Hold out your hand." The man held it out, and it was made well again, just like his other hand. 3
  • 12:15 Jesus knew what they were planning, and he withdrew from there. Many people followed him, and he healed every one of them. 3
  • 12:32 A person who says something against the Son of Man may be forgiven. But a person who speaks against the Holy Spirit will find no forgiveness, not in the present age and not in the age that is coming. 3
  • 12:36 And I tell you this: every idle word people speak is a word they will have to answer for on judgment day. 3
  • 12:42 The queen from the south will stand up on judgment day alongside this generation and condemn it. She traveled from the far edges of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom. Yet here is something greater than Solomon. 3
  • 12:45 Then it goes off and brings back seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they move in and settle there. In the end that person is worse off than at the start. And this evil generation will fare the same way." 3
  • 12:11 He answered them, "Suppose one of you has just one sheep, and it falls into a hole on the Sabbath. Will you not grab hold of it and pull it out? 2
  • 12:12 And a human being is worth far more than a sheep! So the law allows doing good on the Sabbath." 2
  • 12:30 Anyone who does not stand with me stands against me. Anyone who does not help me gather is scattering. 2
  • 12:43 When an unclean spirit leaves a person, it wanders through dry country in search of a place to rest, but it finds none. 2
  • 12:44 So it says, 'I will go back to the home I came out of.' It returns and finds the place standing empty, swept, and set in order. 2
  • 12:49 He held out his hand toward his disciples. "Look," he said, "these are my mother and my brothers. 2
  • 12:50 For anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is a brother and sister and mother to me." 2
  • 12:5 Or have you not read in the law that every Sabbath the priests working in the temple break the Sabbath, and still they bear no guilt? 1
  • 12:18 "See my servant, the one I have chosen, my dearly loved one, in whom my soul delights. I will place my Spirit on him, and he will make justice known to the Gentiles. 1
  • 12:37 Your own words will declare you innocent, or your own words will condemn you." 1
  • 12:40 Jonah spent three days and three nights inside the great sea creature, and in the same way the Son of Man will spend three days and three nights deep in the earth. 1
  • 12:41 On judgment day the people of Nineveh will stand up alongside this generation and condemn it. They turned from their sins when Jonah preached. Yet here is something greater than Jonah. 1

Open Word Bible

  1. Christ the Healer · F. F. Bosworth

    Is Healing for All? cites Matt. 12:15

    …withdrew Himself from thence, and great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all. (Matt. 12:15.) And Jesus went forth and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward…

  2. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.1 Faith cites Matt 12: 20

    …full of doubts, temptations, fears; it begins in weakness. It is like the smoking flax. Matt 12: 20. It smokes with desires, but does not flame with comfort; it is at first so small, that…

  3. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Those Who Are Anxious to Be Saved and Know How, but Who Have Difficulties cites Matt. xii. 31

    …the name of the Lord shall be saved.” It is well sometimes to turn to Heb. vi. 4‒6, and Matt. xii. 31‒32, and show the inquirer just what the unpardonable sin is and what its results are.…

  4. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    The Sabbath cites Matt. xii. 5

    …ye not read that the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?” (Matt. xii. 5.) Whatever, in short, is necessary to preserve and maintain life, whether of ourselves…

  5. The Gospel of Healing · A. B. Simpson

    Scripture Testimonies cites Matt. xii. 10

    …voice of the Son of God and they that hear shall live." THE MAN WITH THE WITHERED HAND. Matt. xii. 10. This miracle was a repetition, in Galilee, of the bold lesson about healing on the…

  6. The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth · Ochorus Originals

    Repentance cites Matthew 12:13

    …hand. Christ supplied the power; the man supplied the will. Stretch forth thine hand (Matthew 12:13) was a command he could not obey by himself, and could obey the moment he was willing. A…

  7. The Bruised Reed (For Teens) · Richard Sibbes

    The Sweet Dropper cites Matthew 12:15–21

    …or not much of a Christian at all, this book is for you. One thing to do this week: read Matthew 12:15–21 this week. Write down the words “bruised reed” and “smoking flax” and, next to each, one…

  8. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    May cites Matthew 12:15

    …dwell in him.” May 7 “Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all.” (Matthew 12:15) What a mass of hideous sickness must have thrust itself under the eye of Jesus! Yet we…

  9. Freedom of the Will · Jonathan Edwards

    Section II. The Acts of the Will of the Human Soul of Jesus Christ, Necessarily Holy, Yet Truly Virtuous, Praise-worthy, Rewardable, &c cites Matt. xii. 18

    …from the nature of the promise, and also the application of it in the New Testament, (Matt. xii. 18.) And the words imply a promise of his being so upheld by God’s Spirit, that he should be…

  10. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Self-Inquiry cites Matt. xii. 20

    …says of Jesus, "A bruised reed will He not break, and smoking flax shall He not quench." (Matt. xii. 20.) Take comfort in the thought that this text is for you. What though your faith be…

  11. The Key Teachings of John Bunyan · Ochorus Originals

    The Interpreter’s House cites MATTHEW 12:20

    …to the promise. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench. MATTHEW 12:20 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Ask the Holy Spirit, before you next read Scripture, to be…

  12. Real Questions – Book 1 · Ochorus Originals

    What Does the Bible Say About Gender? cites Matthew 12:20

    …“A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish” (Matthew 12:20). Please talk to a trusted Christian adult, and ask to see a doctor or counsellor who can…

  13. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Spring in the Heart cites Matthew 12:20

    …not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory” (Matthew 12:20). Victory comes even before the soul is fully mature; even the weakest beginnings are…

  14. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    July cites Matthew 12:20

    …July 19 “A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench.” (Matthew 12:20) What is weaker than the bruised reed or the smoking flax? A reed that groweth in the fen…

  15. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    The Ruler of the Waves cites Matt. xii. 20

    …fear Him. As one whom his mother comforteth, so will He comfort His people. (James v. 11; Matt. xii. 20; Ps. ciii. 13; Isa. lxvi. 13.) He cares for the lambs of His flock as well as for the old…

  16. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Holy Spirit and the Believer's Body cites Matthew 12:28

    …however, a sense in which the Holy Spirit even now quickens our bodies. Jesus tells us in Matthew 12:28 that He cast out demons by the Spirit o f God. And we read in Acts 10:38, “How God…

  17. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Work of the Holy Spirit in Jesus Christ cites Matthew 12:28

    …dead. 8. Jesus Christ performed His miracles on earth in the power of the Holy Spirit. In Matthew 12:28, we read, “But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons” It is through the…

  18. The Key Teachings of Derek Prince · Ochorus Originals

    Warfare and Deliverance cites MATTHEW 12:28

    …But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. MATTHEW 12:28 Prince argued that Western Christianity, shaped by a rationalist worldview, had largely…

  19. The Gospel of Healing · A. B. Simpson

    The Scriptural Foundation cites Matt. xii. 28

    …Spirit. It was the Spirit of God that wrought all the miracles of Jesus Christ on earth. Matt. xii. 28. And if we have the same Spirit dwelling in us we shall experience the same works. 14. II…

  20. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with the Willful and the Deluded cites Matt. xii. 30

    …our own way. Finally there are those who say “I neither accept Christ nor reject Him.” Matt. xii. 30, will show that they must do one or the other. This verse has been used to the conviction…

  21. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

    Discussion: Part the First cites Matt. xii. 30

    …the matter rather stands as Christ saith, “He that is not with Me is against Me.” (Matt. xii. 30.) He does not say, He that is not with Me is yet not against Me, but in the medium. For…

  22. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Personality of the Holy Spirit cites Matt. 12:31

    …Acts 5:3 we are taught that the Holy Spirit is lied to. You can only lie to a person. In Matt. 12:31 we are taught that the Holy Spirit is blasphemed against. We are told that the blasphemy…

  23. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The First Stage cites Matt. 12:31

    …the right hand, saying, “All manner of sin and blasphemies shall be forgiven unto men.” Matt. 12:31. “Be not faithless, but believing.” John 20:27. Then did Christian again a little revive…

  24. The Key Teachings of John Bunyan · Ochorus Originals

    Sell Him, Sell Him cites MATTHEW 12:31

    …unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. MATTHEW 12:31 Third, he received a searching question. Walking in a good man’s shop, ready to sink with…

  25. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    3.2 Degrees of Sin cites Matt 12: 31

    …are, therefore they must needs be more heinous, as the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost. Matt 12: 31. (3) Because some sins have a greater degree of punishment than others. ‘Ye shall receive…

  26. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    A Call to Backsliders cites Matt. 12:31

    …Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come.’ (Matt. 12:31, 32.) Exactly parallel to these are those words of our Lord, which are recited by St.…

  27. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; Or, a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, to His Poor Servant John Bunyan cites Matt. 12.32

    …they shall never be forgiven, ‘neither in this world, neither in that which is to come’ (Matt. 12.32). Thirdly, The Son of God excludes them also from a share in His blessed intercession…

  28. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Trinity cites Matt 12:32

    …in a special manner, to be committed against the Godhead subsisting in the Holy Ghost. Matt 12:32. The mighty power of God is made manifest by the Holy Ghost; for he changes the hearts of…

  29. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    General rules, without which no lust will be mortified cites Matt. xii. 33

    …will bring forth fruit according to its own kind. What is then to be done, he tells us, Matt. xii. 33, “Make the tree good, and his fruit will be good.” The root must be dealt with, the…

  30. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Holy Spirit Bringing Forth in the Believer Christ- Like Graces of Character cites Matthew 12:33

    …no more than thorns can be made to bear figs and the bramble bush grapes (Luke 6:44, Matthew 12:33). We also hear a great deal about “character building.” That if you bear in mind that the…

  31. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Walking by Faith cites Matthew 12:33

    …fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit” (Matthew 12:33) Faith is the evidence of things unseen. It is a fruit . The author of Hebrews 11 is…

  32. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Christian Perfection cites Matt. 12:33

    …corrupt, so would be the fruit: But the tree is good; The fruit, therefore is good also; (Matt. 12:33) our Lord himself bearing witness, “every good tree bringeth forth good fruit. A good…

  33. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Distinctive Doctrine of Protestantism: Justification by Faith cites Matt. 12:34

    …Jesus Christ Himself tells us that heart faith leads to open confession; for He says in Matt. 12:34, "Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh." Faith in Jesus Christ in the…

  34. How to Succeed in the Christian Life · R. A. Torrey

    The Open Confession of Christ cites Matt. 12: 34

    …he cannot keep it to himself. “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh” (Matt. 12: 34). So important is the public confession of Christ that Paul puts it first in his…

  35. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

    Discussion: Part the Third cites Matt. xii. 34

    …fruit.” (Matt. vii. 17). And again, “How can ye being evil speak that which is good,” (Matt. xii. 34). Here you see, we not only speak that which is evil, but cannot speak that which is…

  36. Real Questions – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    Is It Wrong to Swear? cites Matthew 12:34

    …come from somewhere Jesus said, “out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks” (Matthew 12:34). Your words show what’s going on inside. That’s why the Bible cares about them. It’s not…

  37. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Eternity! cites Matt. xii. 36

    …"For every idle word that men speak they shall give account in the day of judgment." (Matt. xii. 36.) Our thoughts are all numbered, our actions are weighed. No wonder that St. Paul says…

  38. Anchored – 30 Days with God for Teens – Book 1 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 25 — What You Post cites Matthew 12:36

    …will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken” (Matthew 12:36). That includes typed ones. Paul gives three tests. Is it gracious? Gracious speech gives…

  39. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    [I.e., the Last Judgment — GL] cites Matt. 12:36

    …word which men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgement” (Matt. 12:36, 37); so that “by thy words,” as well as works, “thou shalt be justified; and by thy…

  40. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

    Exordium cites Matt. xii. 37

    …“By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned?” (Matt. xii. 37.) For you say that the Scripture is not quite clear upon this point. And then, suspending…

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