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At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
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But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
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But he said unto them,Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
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How he entered into* the house of God, and did eat the shewbread*, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
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Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
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But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
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And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful* to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
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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?
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Howmuch then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
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Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
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But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
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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.
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A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
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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.
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But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebubb the prince of the devils.
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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:
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And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore* they shall be your judges.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
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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.
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But I say unto you, That every idle word that* men shall speak, they shall give account thereof* in the day of judgment.
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Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
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Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
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Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
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While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
Herramientas de Estudio para Matthew 12
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