Matthew 12:9-24

⁹Departing from there, He went into their synagogue. ¹⁰And a man was there whose hand was withered. And they questioned Jesus, asking, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might bring charges against Him. ¹¹But He said to them, “What man is there among you who has a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out? ¹²How much more valuable then is a person than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” ¹³Then He *said to the man, “Stretch out your hand!” He stretched it out, and it was restored to normal, like the other. ¹⁴But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

¹⁵But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and He healed them all, ¹⁶and warned them not to tell who He was. ¹⁷This happened so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled:

18“Behold, My Servant whom I have chosen;

My Beloved in whom My soul delights;

I will put My Spirit upon Him,

And He will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

19“He will not quarrel, nor cry out;

Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.

20“A bent reed He will not break off,

And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish,

Until He leads justice to victory.

21“And in His name the Gentiles will hope.”

²²Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to speak was brought to Jesus, and He healed him so that the man who was unable to speak talked and could see. ²³And all the crowds were amazed and were saying, “This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?” ²⁴But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.”