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## Matthew 12:14-40 in Context (Verses 11–43 KJV)
 
 [11 ](/kjv/matthew/12/11) 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 ](/kjv/matthew/12/12) How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
 
 [13 ](/kjv/matthew/12/13) 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 ](/kjv/matthew/12/14) ¶ Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
 
 [15 ](/kjv/matthew/12/15) But when Jesus knew *it*, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
 
 [16 ](/kjv/matthew/12/16) And charged them that they should not make him known:
 
 [17 ](/kjv/matthew/12/17) That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
 
 [18 ](/kjv/matthew/12/18) 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 ](/kjv/matthew/12/19) He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
 
 [20 ](/kjv/matthew/12/20) A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
 
 [21 ](/kjv/matthew/12/21) And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
 
 [22 ](/kjv/matthew/12/22) ¶ 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 ](/kjv/matthew/12/23) And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
 
 [24 ](/kjv/matthew/12/24) But when the Pharisees heard *it*, they said, This *fellow* doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
 
 [25 ](/kjv/matthew/12/25) 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 ](/kjv/matthew/12/26) And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
 
 [27 ](/kjv/matthew/12/27) And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast *them* out? therefore they shall be your judges.
 
 [28 ](/kjv/matthew/12/28) But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
 
 [29 ](/kjv/matthew/12/29) 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 ](/kjv/matthew/12/30) He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
 
 [31 ](/kjv/matthew/12/31) ¶ 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 ](/kjv/matthew/12/32) 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 ](/kjv/matthew/12/33) 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 ](/kjv/matthew/12/34) O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
 
 [35 ](/kjv/matthew/12/35) 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 ](/kjv/matthew/12/36) But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
 
 [37 ](/kjv/matthew/12/37) For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
 
 [38 ](/kjv/matthew/12/38) ¶ Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
 
 [39 ](/kjv/matthew/12/39) 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 ](/kjv/matthew/12/40) 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 ](/kjv/matthew/12/41) 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 ](/kjv/matthew/12/42) 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 ](/kjv/matthew/12/43) When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
 
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