Matthew 11:22-12:28

New International Version

²² But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.^{(A) 23} And you, Capernaum,^(B) will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.^[a](C) For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. ²⁴ But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”^(D)

The Father Revealed in the Son^(E)

²⁵ At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father,^(F) Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.^{(G) 26} Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

²⁷ “All things have been committed to me^(H) by my Father.^(I) No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.^(J)

²⁸ “Come to me,^(K) all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.^{(L) 29} Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,^(M) for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.^{(N) 30} For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”^(O)

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath^(P)(Q)

12 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain^(R) and eat them. ² When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”^(S)

³ He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?^{(T) 4} 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.^{(U) 5} Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath^(V) and yet are innocent? ⁶ I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.^{(W) 7} If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’^[b](X) you would not have condemned the innocent. ⁸ For the Son of Man^(Y) is Lord of the Sabbath.”

⁹ 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,^(Z) they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”^(AA)

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?^{(AB) 12} How much more valuable is a person than a sheep!^(AC) 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.^(AD)

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.^{(AE) 16} He warned them not to tell others about him.^{(AF) 17} This was to fulfill^(AG) what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

Jesus and Beelzebul^(AK)

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.^{(AL) 23} All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”^(AM)

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

²⁵ Jesus knew their thoughts^(AP) 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^(AQ) drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? ²⁷ And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul,^(AR) by whom do your people^(AS) 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^(AT) has come upon you.