Focused Passage

Matthew 12:9-14

The Lord of the Sabbath, the Servant of the Lord, and the Crisis of Unbelief

Matthew moves from Sabbath controversy in the grainfields, to Sabbath healing in the synagogue, to Isaiah’s Servant fulfillment, to the Beelzebul accusation and Jesus’ warning about blasphemy against the Spirit, to teaching on words and the heart, to the sign of Jonah and judgment against the generation, to the danger of empty reform, and finally to the true family of Jesus.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

9 Moving on from there, Jesus entered their synagogue,

10 and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

11 He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?

12 How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

13 Then Jesus said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored to full use, just like the other.

14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.

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Verse 9

Cross-references

Mark 3 BSB references Luke 6:6 BSB references Mark 3:1 Classic cross-references Matthew 4:23 Classic cross-references

Original words

- Καὶ G2532 Conjunction Moving on μεταβὰς G3327 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular from there ἐκεῖθεν G1564 Adverb [Jesus] entered ἦλθεν G2064 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular . . . εἰς G1519 Preposition their αὐτῶν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural - τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular synagogue συναγωγὴν G4864 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular

Verse 10

Cross-references

Luke 13:14 Classic cross-references John 9:16 Classic cross-references John 8:6 Classic cross-references Mark 3:4 Classic cross-references John 5:10 Classic cross-references

Original words

and καὶ G2532 Conjunction a man ἄνθρωπος G444 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular with ἔχων G2192 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular a withered ξηράν G3584 Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular hand χεῖρα G5495 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular [was there] ἰδοὺ G2400 Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular In order to ἵνα G2443 Conjunction accuse κατηγορήσωσιν G2723 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural [Jesus] αὐτοῦ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular - καὶ G2532 Conjunction they asked ἐπηρώτησαν G1905 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Him αὐτὸν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular - λέγοντες G3004 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural vvv Εἰ G1487 Conjunction Is it lawful ἔξεστιν G1832 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular to heal θεραπεῦσαι G2323 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active on the τοῖς G3588 Article - Dative Neuter Plural Sabbath σάββασιν G4521 Noun - Dative Neuter Plural

Verse 11

Cross-references

Luke 15:4 Classic cross-references Matthew 18:12 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 22:4 Classic cross-references Luke 14:5 Classic cross-references Luke 13:15 Classic cross-references

Original words

- δὲ G1161 Conjunction - Ὁ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular He replied εἶπεν G2036 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular . . . αὐτοῖς G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural If ἐὰν G1437 Conjunction vvv Τίς G5101 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular one ἄνθρωπος G444 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular - ἔσται G1510 Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular of ἐξ G1537 Preposition you ὑμῶν G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural - ὃς G3739 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular has ἕξει G2192 Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular a ἕν G1520 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular sheep πρόβατον G4263 Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction it τοῦτο G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular falls ἐμπέσῃ G1706 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular into εἰς G1519 Preposition a pit βόθυνον G999 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular on the τοῖς G3588 Article - Dative Neuter Plural Sabbath σάββασιν G4521 Noun - Dative Neuter Plural vvv οὐχὶ G3780 IntPrtcl will he not take hold of κρατήσει G2902 Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular it αὐτὸ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction lift [it] out ἐγερεῖ G1453 Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular

Verse 12

Cross-references

Matthew 6:26 Classic cross-references Luke 6:9 Classic cross-references Mark 3:4 Classic cross-references Matthew 10:31 Classic cross-references Luke 12:24 Classic cross-references

Original words

- οὖν G3767 Conjunction How much πόσῳ G4214 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Neuter Singular more valuable is διαφέρει G1308 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular a man ἄνθρωπος G444 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular than a sheep προβάτου G4263 Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Therefore ὥστε G5620 Conjunction it is lawful ἔξεστιν G1832 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular to do ποιεῖν G4160 Verb - Present Infinitive Active good καλῶς G2573 Adverb on the τοῖς G3588 Article - Dative Neuter Plural Sabbath σάββασιν G4521 Noun - Dative Neuter Plural

Verse 13

Cross-references

Luke 13:13 Classic cross-references Acts 3:7 Classic cross-references Mark 3:5 Classic cross-references

Original words

Then Τότε G5119 Adverb [Jesus] said λέγει G3004 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular to τῷ G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Singular [the] man ἀνθρώπῳ G444 Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Stretch out Ἔκτεινόν G1614 Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular your σου G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular - τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular hand χεῖρα G5495 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular So καὶ G2532 Conjunction he stretched [it] out ἐξέτεινεν G1614 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction it was restored ἀπεκατεστάθη G600 Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular to full use ὑγιὴς G5199 Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular just like ὡς G5613 Adverb the ἡ G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular other ἄλλη G243 Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular

Verse 14

Cross-references

John 11:53 Classic cross-references Matthew 26:4 Classic cross-references John 10:39 Classic cross-references John 5:18 Classic cross-references John 7:19 Classic cross-references

Original words

But δὲ G1161 Conjunction the οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Pharisees Φαρισαῖοι G5330 Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural went out [and] ἐξελθόντες G1831 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural plotted ἔλαβον G2983 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural . . . συμβούλιον G4824 Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular - κατ’ G2596 Preposition - αὐτοῦ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular how ὅπως G3704 Conjunction they might kill ἀπολέσωσιν G622 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural [Jesus] αὐτὸν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular

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