12 To dee Tiet jinjk Jesus aum Saubat derch en Kornflekj, en siene Jinja hungad, en funje aun dee Oare to plekje, en aete.

Oba aus dee Farisaea daut sage, saede see to am: 'Kjikj! diene Jinja doone waut aun Saubat nich erlaupt es."

Hee saed oba to an: "Ha jie nich jelaest waut Doft en dee met am, deede aus an hungad?

Woo see em Gotteshus enenn jinje en aute daut Broot daut Gott jeweit wea, daut am nich erlaubt wea to aete, uk nich daen met am, oba wea bloos fa dee Priesta?

Oda ha jie nich enn daut Jesats jelaest daut dee Priesta em Tempel aum Saubat daen Saubat feonnreinje, en doch nich Schuldich sent?

Ekj saj junt, en jratre aus dee Tempel es hia.

Wan jie oba jekjant haude waut daut meent: 'Ekj wel leewa Erboarme ha aus Opfa', dan wudd jie dee Onnschuldje nich fedaumt ha.

Dan dee Menschesaen es uk Herr aewa daen Saubat."

Aus hee fonn doa wajch deed, kjeem hee enn ne Sienagoog enenn.

10 En kjikj! doa wea en Maun met ne fedreajde Haunt, en see frauge am: "Esset erlaubt aum Saubat to heele?" omm daut see ne Uasoak haude am to beschuldje.

11 Hee saed to an: "Waut fonn Mensch es doa mank junt, dee mau een schop haft, en daut aum Saubat em Growe felt, dee daut nich wudd tohoole kjriehe en rut haewe?

12 Woo fael meeha es en Mensch dan weat aus en Schop. Aulsoo esset erlaubt aum Saubat Goodet to doone."

13 Donn saed hee to daen Maun: "Strakj diene Haunt ut!" en hee strakjt daen ut, en dee wea doajestalt, jesunt soo aus dee aundre.

14 Dee Farisaea jinje rut, en hilde Rot jaeajen am, woo see am ommbrinje kunne.

15 Oba Jesus wist daut, en reisd fonn doa wajch. En fael foljde am hinjaraun, en hee heeld an aule,

16 en hee woarnd an aula daut see am nich sulle oppenboa moake,

17 dautet mucht erfelt woare waut derch daen Profeet Jesaja jesajcht wea:

18 "Kjikjt! Mien Deena daem ekj jewaelt ha, mien Leefsta, met daem ekj seeha tofraed sie; ekj woa mien Jeist opp am laje, en hee woat dee Natsjoone daut Jerecht bekaunt moake.

19 Hee woat nich striede oda schriehe, en kjeena woat siene Stem oppe Gause heare.

20 En enjekjnekjtet Rua woat hee nich tweibraeakje, en Flaus daut reakjet woat hee nich utlasche, bott Jerajchtichkjeit woat jewonne ha.

21 En dee Natsjoone woare aeare Hopninj enn sien Nome sate."

22 Donn brochte see am eenem dee met en beesa Jeist besaete wea, dee Blint uk Stomm wea, en hee heeld am, soo daut dee seene en raede kunn.

23 En daut gaunse Follkj wea erstaunt, en saed: "Es dit nich Doft sien Saen?"

24 Oba dee Farisaea heade daut, en saede: "Hee drift dee Beese Jeista bloos rut derch daen Belsebub, dee Harscha aewa dee beese Jeista."

25 Oba Jesus wist waut see dochte, en saed to an: "Jiedet Rikj daut ennalich jespoolt es, woat to Grunnt gone, en jieda Staut oda Hus daut ennalich jespoolt es, kaun nich bestone.

26 En wan Soton daen Soton rutdrift, dan es hee ennalich jespoolt; woo kaun sien Rikj dan bestone?

27 En wan ekj derch Belsebub dee beese Jeista rut driew, derch waem driewe june Saens daen dan rut? doaromm woare see june Rechta senne.

28 Oba wan ekj derch Gott sien Jeist dee beese Jeista rut driew, dan es Gott sien Rikj aewa junt jekome.

29 Oda woo kaun irjentwaea enn en stoakja sien Hus enenn gone en siene Woa naeme, wan hee nich eascht daem stoakja Maun faust binjt? Dan eascht kaun hee sien Hus plindre.

30 Waea mie nich biesteit, es jaeajen mie, en waea nich toop saumelt, deit festreihe.

31 Doaromm saj ekj junt, aule Sind en Lastre woat Mensche fejaeft woare, oba daut Lastre jaeajen daen Heilje Jeist woat nich fejaeft woare.

32 En waeaemma waut jaeajen daen Menschesaen raet, daut woat am fejaeft woare; oba waeaemma jaeajen daen Heilje Jeist raet, daut woat am nich fejaeft woare, nich enn dise Tiet, uk nich enn dee, dee noch kjemt.

33 Moakt daen Boom entwaeda Goot en siene Frucht Goot, oda moakt daen Boom schlajcht en siene Frucht schlajcht; dan aun siene Frucht es en Boom to kjane.

34 Jie Schlangebroodsel! woo kje jie Goodet raede wan jie doch Bees sent? dan daut Mul raet daut fonn waut daut Hoat foll es.

35 En gooda Maun brinjt goodet rut fonn gooda Schats, en beesa Maun brinjt Beeset rut fonn beeset Schats.

36 Oba ekj saj junt daut Mensche woare fa jiedet nutslooset Wuat daut see raede, raeakjenschauft jaewe.

37 Dan derch diene Wead woascht du jerajchtfoadicht woare, en derch diene Wead woascht du fedaumt woare.

38 Donn auntwuade walkje fonn dee Schreftjeleade en Farisaea en saede to am: "Leara, wie wudde jearen en Teakjen fonn die seene."

39 Oba Jesus auntwuad en saed to an: "En beeset en eehebraeakjarischet Jeschlajcht seakjt en Teakjen, oba an woat kjeen Teakjen jejaeft woare buta daut fonn daem Profeet Joona.

40 Dan soo aus Joona dree Doag en dree Nacht enn daem groota Fesch sien Buk wea, soo woat dee Menschesaen dree Doag en dree Nacht enn daut Hoat fonne Ead senne.

41 Dee Mana fonn Nienawie woare opp stone em Jerecht met dit Jeschlajcht en woare daut fedaume; dan see deede Buesse aus Joona to an praedjd; en kjikjt! hia es eena dee jrata es aus Joona wea.

42 Dee Kjeenijin utem Siede woat opp stone em Jerecht met dit Jeschlajcht en woatet fedaume, dan see kjeem fom Enj fonne Welt Salomo siene Weisheit to heare, en kjikjt! hia es eena dee jrata es aus Salomo.

43 Nu wan dee onnreina Jeist ut en Mensch rut foat, waundat hee derch dreaje Staede en seakjt Ru, oba finjt dee nich.

44 Dan sajcht hee: 'Ekj woa trig no mien Hus gone fonn wua ekj rut jinkj.' En hee kjemt en finjt daut ladich, rein utjefaeacht, en utjestraumt.

45 Dan jeit hee en nemt saewen aundre Jeista met sikj, dee oaja sent aus hee selfst, en dee gone en wone doa; en dan es daut latste met daem Mensch schlema aus daut easchte. Soo woat daut uk senne met dit beeset Jeschlajcht."

46 Aus hee noch met daut Follkj raed, stunnde siene Mutta en siene Breeda bute, en wulle met am raede.

47 Donn saed waea to am: "Kjikj! diene Mutta en diene Breeda stone bute, en wele met die raede."

48 En hee auntwuad en saed to daem dee am daut saed: "Waea es miene Mutta? en waea sent miene Breeda?"

49 En hee strakjt siene Haunt ut no siene Jinja, en saed: "Kjikjt! miene Mutta en miene Breeda.

50 Dan waeaemma mien himlischa Foda sien Wele deit, es mien Brooda, en Sesta, en Mutta."

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath(A)(B)

12 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain(C) and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”(D)

He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?(E) He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests.(F) Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath(G) and yet are innocent? I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.(H) If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’[a](I) you would not have condemned the innocent. For the Son of Man(J) is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, 10 and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus,(K) they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”(L)

11 He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out?(M) 12 How much more valuable is a person than a sheep!(N) Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other. 14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.(O)

God’s Chosen Servant

15 Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill.(P) 16 He warned them not to tell others about him.(Q) 17 This was to fulfill(R) what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

18 “Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
    the one I love, in whom I delight;(S)
I will put my Spirit on him,(T)
    and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
19 He will not quarrel or cry out;
    no one will hear his voice in the streets.
20 A bruised reed he will not break,
    and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,
till he has brought justice through to victory.
21     In his name the nations will put their hope.”[b](U)

Jesus and Beelzebul(V)

22 Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see.(W) 23 All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”(X)

24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul,(Y) the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.”(Z)

25 Jesus knew their thoughts(AA) and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. 26 If Satan(AB) drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? 27 And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul,(AC) by whom do your people(AD) drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God(AE) has come upon you.

29 “Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

30 “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.(AF) 31 And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.(AG) 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age(AH) or in the age to come.(AI)

33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.(AJ) 34 You brood of vipers,(AK) how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks(AL) what the heart is full of. 35 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. 36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”(AM)

The Sign of Jonah(AN)(AO)

38 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign(AP) from you.”(AQ)

39 He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.(AR) 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish,(AS) so the Son of Man(AT) will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.(AU) 41 The men of Nineveh(AV) will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah,(AW) and now something greater than Jonah is here. 42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came(AX) from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.

43 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. 45 Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.(AY) That is how it will be with this wicked generation.”

Jesus’ Mother and Brothers(AZ)

46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother(BA) and brothers(BB) stood outside, wanting to speak to him. 47 Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”

48 He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven(BC) is my brother and sister and mother.”

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:7 Hosea 6:6
  2. Matthew 12:21 Isaiah 42:1-4

12 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.

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.

But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;

How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?

Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

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 shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

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 fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.

20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.

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 out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

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?

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.

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.

30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

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, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

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 good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

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.

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 Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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 from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

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 seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

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 mother? and who are my brethren?

49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.