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.

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9Moving on from there, Jesus entered their synagogue,

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

11He 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?

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

13Then 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.

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

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References and Original Words

Verse 9

Original words

-ΚαὶG2532ConjunctionMoving onμεταβὰςG3327Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singularfrom thereἐκεῖθενG1564Adverb[Jesus] enteredἦλθενG2064Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. . .εἰςG1519PrepositiontheirαὐτῶνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularsynagogueσυναγωγὴνG4864Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Verse 10

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andκαὶG2532Conjunctiona manἄνθρωποςG444Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularwithἔχωνG2192Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singulara witheredξηράνG3584Adjective - Accusative Feminine SingularhandχεῖραG5495Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular[was there]ἰδοὺG2400Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person SingularIn order toἵναG2443ConjunctionaccuseκατηγορήσωσινG2723Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural[Jesus]αὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular-καὶG2532Conjunctionthey askedἐπηρώτησανG1905Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralHimαὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular-λέγοντεςG3004Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralvvvΕἰG1487ConjunctionIs it lawfulἔξεστινG1832Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularto healθεραπεῦσαιG2323Verb - Aorist Infinitive Activeon theτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Neuter PluralSabbathσάββασινG4521Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Verse 11

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-δὲG1161Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularHe repliedεἶπενG2036Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. . .αὐτοῖςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person PluralIfἐὰνG1437ConjunctionvvvΤίςG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularoneἄνθρωποςG444Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular-ἔσταιG1510Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularofἐξG1537PrepositionyouὑμῶνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural-ὃςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularhasἕξειG2192Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularaἕνG1520Adjective - Accusative Neuter SingularsheepπρόβατονG4263Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionitτοῦτοG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter SingularfallsἐμπέσῃG1706Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person SingularintoεἰςG1519Prepositiona pitβόθυνονG999Noun - Accusative Masculine Singularon theτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Neuter PluralSabbathσάββασινG4521Noun - Dative Neuter PluralvvvοὐχὶG3780IntPrtclwill he not take hold ofκρατήσειG2902Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularitαὐτὸG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunctionlift [it] outἐγερεῖG1453Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Verse 12

Original words

-οὖνG3767ConjunctionHow muchπόσῳG4214Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Neuter Singularmore valuable isδιαφέρειG1308Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singulara manἄνθρωποςG444Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularthan a sheepπροβάτουG4263Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularThereforeὥστεG5620Conjunctionit is lawfulἔξεστινG1832Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularto doποιεῖνG4160Verb - Present Infinitive ActivegoodκαλῶςG2573Adverbon theτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Neuter PluralSabbathσάββασινG4521Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Verse 13

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ThenΤότεG5119Adverb[Jesus] saidλέγειG3004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulartoτῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine Singular[the] manἀνθρώπῳG444Noun - Dative Masculine SingularStretch outἜκτεινόνG1614Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person SingularyourσουG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularhandχεῖραG5495Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularSoκαὶG2532Conjunctionhe stretched [it] outἐξέτεινενG1614Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunctionit was restoredἀπεκατεστάθηG600Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singularto full useὑγιὴςG5199Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singularjust likeὡςG5613AdverbtheG3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingularotherἄλληG243Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Verse 14

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ButδὲG1161ConjunctiontheοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralPhariseesΦαρισαῖοιG5330Noun - Nominative Masculine Pluralwent out [and]ἐξελθόντεςG1831Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralplottedἔλαβονG2983Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural. . .συμβούλιονG4824Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular-κατ’G2596Preposition-αὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person SingularhowὅπωςG3704Conjunctionthey might killἀπολέσωσινG622Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural[Jesus]αὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular

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