Jesus' miracles could cause further rage of the scribes and Pharisees and if His fame spread too quickly and widely it would have prematurely increased the fatal opposition against Him. They asked because in the audience was a man with a shriveled hand and they were wondering if Jesus would heal the man on the Sabbath day. Why is the baby Jesus mentioned first in connection with His mother? In what way was John the Baptist the greatest (Matthew 11:11)? What does it mean that “where your treasure is there will your heart be also”? What does it mean that “a bruised reed He will not break” in Matthew 12:20? Why did they consider what the disciples did as unlawful? (Matthew 3:17), God promised He would put His Spirit on the Messiah in a unique way and at Jesus' baptism the Holy Spirit descended upon Him as a dove (Mathew 3:16). Many had heard Jesus teach and preach and seen Jesus do every kind of miracle of healing, casting out demons and forgiving sin and yet they refused to believe Him. What does it mean that “a bruised reed He will not break” in Matthew 12:20? 21. Jesus was just the opposite of the Messiah. Ask others for any blind spots or hypocracy which we might not see in ourselves. To question God's goodness, wisdom, fairness, truthfulness, love or faithfulness is a form of blasphemy but all of that is forgivable by grace. Ultimately the right will win - victory will bring justice. Why is this true? Are the Jews cursed because they killed Christ and asked for “His blood to be on us,” according to Matthew 27:25? Who was the Queen of the South? (Evidence that Demands a Verdict - Josh McDowell. Also, you don't need to actively interfere with Jesus' work in order to be one who scatters; just don't work with Him. Salvation through Christ needs to be emphasized. What does it mean that Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath? How do we get rid of evil thoughts or ideas? (see also Luke 6:11) Without Christ the person will have a religion that drives them further from God than they were before they were reformed because it is much easier to reach a person who is overwhelmed with a true sense of his sin than a person who has a false sense of righteousness. To get a fuller explanation about how to treat the Sabbath, a good reference book is Mark Buchanan - The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath. The star which they had seen in the east miraculously appeared again and stopped over the house where Jesus was. How do you view the Sabbath Day? Read Matthew 12:38-42. They were astonished and said, "Could this be the Son of David?" He is a deceiver. 34. What does it mean to strain at a gnat but swallow a camel? Read Matthew 12:1-2. The words: ‘of the heart,’ though not in the text, suggest the correct explanation. Since Jesus was aware of their plot, He voluntarily withdrew. The only sign Jesus gave that wicked and adulterous generation to prove that He was the Messiah was the sign of Jonah that was in the big fish for 3 days just like Jesus would be buried for 3 days & then rise. We read: “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent… What question did they ask Jesus and why? If He continued demonstrations of power, zealous enthusiasm for Him as a military and politica deliverer could have become a problem. Why did he not want to uproot the weeds? What was Jesus's response to the question? 12 As you enter the house, i greet it. How many children did Mary have? Isn't that wonderful? What is the criteria for becoming a "relative" of Jesus? What does it mean that we should not let our left hand know what our right hand is doing (Matthew 6:3–4)? Who were the twelve (12) disciples / apostles of Jesus Christ? 12 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. 31. Matthew 12 Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath. Got questions about your specific situation? You are just as valuable to Jesus as that man was. What prophecy is Matthew 2:23 referring to regarding Jesus being a Nazarene? For one person to fulfill 48 of these prophecies, the number becomes staggering - one chance in 10-to-the-157th power. 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 proclaim justice to the Gentiles . What name would He be given? What did Jesus mean with Matthew 12:29? Just like a viper is deceptive so the Pharisees were deceptive, A viper is a poisonous snake. Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath and it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath, Jesus was fulfilling prophesy as the Messiah according to Isaiah 42. 2 Corinthians 11:13-15. When the Pharisees heard the people seriously wondering if Jesus was the Messiah, they must have paniced. Jesus was trying to show that the Sabbath was given for God's glory and for meeting man's needs. 29. ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς] is great in heaven. 9. If I do not forgive others, does that mean my sins are not forgiven? 6. It is an honor to work with Got Questions Ministries to help bring their Bible questions ... What does “to whom much is given, much will be required,” mean ( Luke 12:48)? Matthew 12:43-45. "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." Is there an error in the counting of the generations in Matthew chapter 1? Jesus was not denouncing His family but shows that He invites the entire world into His intimate and divine family by putting their trust in Him. What does it mean that the kingdom of God suffers violence? 19. 39. This shows that they rejected Jesus not because of lack of knowledge but because of their bias against Him. What is the meaning of the Parable of the Two Sons? What did Jesus mean when He described His followers as the salt of the earth? What is the meaning of the Parable of the Ten Virgins? What does it mean to be wise as serpents and harmless as doves (Matthew 10:16)? How do these form a cohesive argument? Matthew 5:12. ὁ μισθός] comp. 43. Jesus was God whom the Temple honoured and the Sabbath served. How many siblings did Jesus have? Matthew 12:31. Unproductive, hurtful, demeaning, flippant, irresponsible, hypocritical words, with no eternal value, Empty, idle, careless, evil, hypocritical, blasphemous words we have spoken will condemn us. 1. 1. 12. Help them to work with some children to act the play. What do these verses suggest about the judgment to come? God was not offended by what David did and He did not discipline Ahimelech the priest or David. What was the meaning and importance of the baptism of John the Baptist? Why do you think Jesus includes in here the quote from Hosea 6:6 that He desired mercy, not sacrifice. 5. Did Jesus come only for the Jews and not the Gentiles? Jesus did not come to quarrel or cry out and try to force people with the gospel- His was the way of gentleness and speaking the truth. What does it mean that “the smoking flax He will not quench” in Matthew 12:20? What can we learn from Jesus’ feeding of the 5,000? He cannot be evil and do good work, or be good and do evil. 12 [] At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to () pick the heads of grain and eat. Why did Jesus say, “Let the little children come to me”? 13. This page last updated: December 21, 2020. Magicians in Pharoah's court) to deceive but he also can fake healings by taking the symptoms away so that it looks like he healed. What kind of words will condemn a person? Confucius said, "What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others." Matthew 12:35. What does it mean to live by the sword and die by the sword? The only sin that is unforgiveable is when you assign the work of the Spirit of God to Satan. In Christ's name the nations will put their hope. Why should we consider the lilies of the field (Matthew 6:28)? Instead He restores the battered reed and rekindles the smouldering wick. Read Matthew 7:12. He was determined that every divine prediction about Him might be fulfilled. Why was John the Baptist beheaded? The chances of one person fulfilling a mere eight of these prophecies are one-in-100,000,000,000,000,000. What did Jesus mean by coming to bring a sword in Matthew 10:34-36? How did the Pharisees explain Jesus' power? Despite all these duties that would normally be considered as a violation of God's Sabbath law, the priests were considered innocent. What does it mean to love your neighbor as you love yourself? 27. But Matthew assures us that Jesus is indeed the Messiah, just as prophesied by Isaiah. Help them to make this story into a dramatic play. What was the "sign" that Jesus said that He would give them? 20. What does it mean that heaven and earth will pass away? Help some children to make pictures that show these events. What was the meaning of the parable of the weeds? The Mishna (commentary on the Torah) says: 'He that reapeth corn on the Sabbath to the quantity of a fig is guilty; and plucking corn is reaping.' What does it mean that “the smoking flax He will not quench” in Matthew 12:20? What example did Jesus use to answer the Jews? Matthew has a keen interest in accounting (18:23-24; 25:14-15). 23. What did Jesus mean when He told people, “Your faith has made you well”? 2 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. What does it mean to have mustard seed faith? Should we be baptized in Jesus’ name (Acts 2:38), or in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19)? What cannot be forgiven? 11. (with the Herodians who were the irreligious and worldly polical party who supported Herod) These were usually archenemies and which shows how desperate the Pharisees were to do away with Jesus. In Matthew 11:20-24 He had condemned the towns of Israel, in Matthew 12:17-21 He had made clear the Servant’s interest in ‘the nations’. What does Matthew 12:18-21 which is taken from Isaiah 42:1-4 tell us about the Messiah? I think they were hoping Jesus would because then they could accuse Him and bring charges against Him. Because pulling out the weeds may also cause some of the wheat to be pulled up. Why did Jesus call the Canaanite woman a dog? Why did Jesus refer to the Pharisees as a “child of hell” in Matthew 23:15? Paul was a former blasphemer (I Timothy 1:13), Peter blasphemed Christ by cursing Him (Mark 14:71) but he was forgiven and restored. Matthew 12 Questions and Answers. The reason Jesus came was to accomplish salvation. What did Jesus mean when He said the first will be last and the last will be first? 28. Who else called the Pharisees a "brood of vipers"? The ministering priests had to light the altar fires which was against the Sabbath rules. What does the Bible mean when it refers to the gnashing of teeth? It is impossible to save a person who claims not to need saving. Eg of the sons of Sceva who tried to do that unsuccessfully (Acts 19:13-16). In all three instances Jesus is referring to Himself as the Lord of the Sabbath or, as Mark records it, “The Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath” (Mark 2:28). During Jesus'earthly ministry, the unbelieving Pharisees and all the others who blasphemed the Spirit cut themselves off from God's mercy, not because it wasn't offered to them but because it was abundantly offered to them but they rebelliously and permanently rejected and riducled it as satanic. To become part of Jesus' family a person needs to do God's will by putting their trust in Jesus. What is the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares? His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. Jesus did not come to fulfill the confused and unscriptural expectations of the people but to fulfil His divine mission as predicted in the Bible. If Jesus was God, why did He call God "My God?". A day set aside for God. The article denotes: the reward which is destined, kept in readiness for you (Matthew 25:34; Colossians 1:5), and that for the indignities, persecutions, and lies borne through faith in me. Why are there two demon-possessed men in the Gerasene tombs in Matthew, but only one in Mark and Luke? When the unclean spirit, &c. — In these verses, with a view to show how dreadful the state of the Jewish people would be, if they continued to reject him and his gospel, our Lord introduces a parable, borrowed from the late subject of his dispute with the Pharisees. Satan certainly does not assign his forces to fight against each other and Satan also does not cast out Satan, and so internally destroy his own program. Now He commends the Gentiles who had in the past responded to God. If God makes allowances for His own law to be broken to meet His people's needs, surely He would permit man-made rules to be broken to meet His people's needs. What did Jesus mean when He said that we should forgive others seventy times seven? 23:25 pluck heads of grain and to eat. What do you think the Pharisee's response would be to the statement that something greater than the temple is here? What was the response of the people to the driving out of the demon and the man's healing? Another Talmudic passage says: 'In case a woman rolls wheat to remove the husks, it is considered sifting; if she rubs the head of wheat, it is regarded as threshing; if she cleans off the side-adherences, it is sifting out fruit; if she throws them up in her hand, it is winnowing' [Jer. The disciples were hungry as they went through a grainfield on the Sabbath and so picked some heads of grain and ate it. 26. 10 u And he called to him ... , for h the laborer deserves his food. What does it mean to let your yes be yes and your no be no? What does it mean to be “fishers of men”? Ver. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Can the various resurrection accounts from the four Gospels be harmonized. How do the accounts compare? (Matthew 3:7). Did Jesus contradict the Law in Matthew 5:21-22? What does it mean that believers are to be salt and light (Matthew 5:13-16)? What kind of claims did Jesus make about Himself? He showed them how absurd it was for a kingdom or city or household to be divided against itself - it would self-destruct and not stand. We can blaspheme too because anything that we do or say that damages or defames the Lord's name would be a form of blasphemy. (Colossians 1:13) God has delivered us from the Kingdom of darkness and transferred us to the Kingdom of His dear Son. What did Jesus mean when He said "Ask and you shall receive"? According to Deuteronomy 23:24-25 If you enter your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want, but do not put any in your basket. Like verse 11, however, it is easy to get when we just let the Bible speak for itself. Send us a PM! Matthew 5:3). It was a day set aside to replenish us physically, emotionally and spiritually. The Sabbath was to be a day of rest, not a painful day of burdens. What were the disciples doing that the Pharisees said was unlawful to do on the Sabbath? Eg. See also Matthew 12:6, 8. Any sin and even blasphemy is forgiven when it is confessed and repented of. What is the significance of the rooster crowing in regards to Peter denying Jesus three times? What does ‘blessed are the merciful’ mean? Matthew 12. 11,12. If He really was the Messiah, why was not accepted by the religious leaders and why He spent so much time with the poor and needy instead of the powerful and influential. Blasphemy represents conscious denouncing and rejection of God. GotQuestions.org Video Got Questions? Many probably wondered about Jesus. The Queen from the South will rise at the judgment with that generation and condemn it for the Queen came from a long way to listen to Solomon's wisdom and now Jesus, who is greater than Solomon is here, and they're not listening to His wisdom. Of Jonah who was in the huge fish for 3 days and 3 nights - so the Son of Man will be for 3 days and 3 nights in the heart of the earth. How did Jesus defend himself against the accusations - explanations of the Pharisees? Rather than write in chronological order, Matthew arranges this Gospel through six discussions. What does ‘blessed are those who mourn’ mean? If Jesus was God, why did He not know when He would return? How does verse 46 show that the teaching that Mary, the mother of Jesus, remained a virgin to be false? However, because David was weak with hunger an exception was made. Read Matthew 12:15-17. Who planted the good seed? When God is the object, it is properly rendered blasphemy. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. What does it mean that the wise man built his house upon a rock? Who but God could go into the house of Satan and successfully bind him and carry off his property (people's illness, death, demons)? (V 43-45) Then the evil spirit will come back with more evil spirits making the condition of the person worse. It was an official demand for Jesus to prove Himself to be the Messiah, yet at the same time the Pharisees thought they could prove that Jesus was not the Messiah but a blasphemous imposter either with the sign or the fact that He wouldn't give a sign. The Bible has answers! Workbook on Matthew Page #6 11. Bible / Our Library / Bible Commentaries / John Gill's Exposition of the Bible / Matthew / Matthew 12; Share Tweet. And if He did His work by the Spirit of God, then His miracles were of God and He had to be the Messiah. What did Jesus mean when He said, “He who has ears to hear”? Does Matthew 7:21-23 mean that believers can lose salvation? 30. Matthew 3:11-12 (NASB) Meaning Of The Passage. What did Jesus mean when He said the eye is the lamp of the body (Matthew 6:22)? He asked if they would help out an animal that had fallen into a pit on the Sabbath. David, Israel's hero, when he was hungry ate the consecrated bread from the Temple which was not lawful for him or those with him to eat, but only for the priests. What were the key events in the life of Jesus Christ? Many followed Him and Jesus was never too busy even then to heal them. Is it possible to know when Jesus is coming back? Since it says that Jesus knew their thoughts, He must not have heard them but those around the Pharisees would have. How can one blaspheme or speak against the Holy Spirt? Matthew 12. As a person thinks, so is he. 10. The Gospel of Matthew is very orderly and concise. Why did Jesus choose Peter, James, and John to be His inner circle? Read Matthew 12:33-37. 12 At ... 11 He said to them, “ Which one of you who has a sheep, k if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? To make a tree good or bad can mean to create or to consider, evaluate or judge. How did He show that? A defiant irreverence and the uniquely terrible sin of intentionally and openly speaking evil against a holy God or defaming or mocking Him. Did Jesus heal two blind men (Matthew 20:29-34) or one blind man (Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:35-43)? God has chosen His Son to redeem the world - He is the only one qualified for the task of redemption, God loves Jesus and delights in Him. Why did John the Baptist refer to the Pharisees as a brood of vipers? What did Jesus mean when He said, “This is my body, broken for you”? | GotQuestions.org ... Matthew Mark Luke and John | GotQuestions. What did Jesus mean when He said, "this generation will not pass"? “Do not worry about tomorrow”—is that even possible (Matthew 6:34)? If Jesus is going to heal sickness which came upon us as a result of sin, and if Jesus raises people from the dead which also is a consequence of sin and indirectly the work of Satan, and if Jesus casts out demons who are Satan's workers, then He would have to first tie up the strong man, Satan, before He could do these miracles. What can we learn from the account of Peter walking on water? 35. If they said by Satan's power they would be condemning themselves. κατεργάζεται, 2 Corinthians 4:17, and remarks thereon. What does Matthew 6:14-15 mean? Why did Matthew connect the virgin birth to the Old Testament? So they reacted by saying to those around them that it is only by Beelzebub, the prince of demons that Jesus drives out demons. What does it mean that blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake? What does it mean to shake the dust off your feet? Why did He cleanse the temple? The thought of Matthew 12:33, in another figure; words are represented as fruits. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. What was the meaning and importance of the transfiguration? Jesus ate, healed, taught, preached, read Scripture, doing good, saving a life, In Acts, meeting at a place of worship, prayer, putting aside money for the Lord's work, broke bread in their homes. Matthew 12. The negative rule keeps me from doing hurtful or harmful things that I don't want people to do to me. We need to dwell on and feed on what is good, true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Why did Jesus rebuke the scribes and Pharisees so harshly in Matthew 23:13–36? 42. What did Jesus mean when He told us to ask, seek, and knock? He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. If you enter your neighbor's grainfield, you may pick kernels with your hands, but you must not put a sickle to their standing grain. Yes there are satanic miracle workers even today. What does it mean that the house of prayer had been turned into a den of thieves? The Pharisees were so full of evil that all that you could expect to come out of their mouth was evil, venomous speech. Because the Pharisees accused Jesus to doing good by Satan's power, and attributed the work of the Holy Spirit to Satan, that was unforgiveable blasphemy. What does ‘blessed are the meek’ mean? 2 But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look! P. 157). Why did Jesus allow the demons to enter the herd of pigs? (Numbers 28:9-10) On the Sabbath, the Priests were to offer two lambs and do twice the work they normally did during the week. Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath. Jesus warned about emptying our lives of evil but not filling it with the truth and godliness. How many prophesies of the Messiah were fulfilled in Jesus? We'll help you find them! What does it mean that blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness? The contents of our hearts are known to God alone and partially to ourselves, but our unrestrained utterances show what is laid up there. What are the only 2 possible relationships with God? 12 l Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! Like a brood of vipers, the Pharisees would go around in groups teaching and promoting their man-made traditions. What does it mean to be least in the kingdom of heaven? Who is the strong man? The disciples were hungry as they went through a grainfield on the Sabbath and so picked some heads of grain and ate it. Useless, empty and idle chatter. Rubbing the grain out was threshing. Wheat will be brought into His barn (Matthew 3:12) 29. Sabbath Questions. The winnowing fork separates the wheat from the chaff. What is the meaning of the Parable of the Mustard Seed? God was willing for a ceremonial regulation to be violated when doing so was necessary to meet the needs of His beloved people. Romans 12:1-2. 37. What was the Pharisees response to Jesus healing a man on the Sabbath? Why did Jesus call the Pharisees a brood of vipers? What does it mean that the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak? What does it mean that “out of the mouth of babes You have perfected praise” (Matthew 21:16)? Are there people today that are looking for miraculous signs - to prove that the Bible is true, that Jesus is who He said He is, etc.? And they couldn't advocate doing evil or killing so they were trapped in their illogical traditions. What is the meaning of the Parable of the Dragnet? Matthew 13:36-43. Former pagans will stand in judgment of the Jews at the day of judgment. What value did Jesus put on a person? Blasphemy against Jesus, the Son of Man, is forgivable too if the people did not fully understand Jesus' deity but once they receive the fuller light they believe. Doing the will of God, Jesus' Father. 24. Do you ever struggle with what is ok to do on our day of rest? Then He told them that it was lawful to do good on the Sabbath. In contrast with unbelieving Israel, they will be confessed before His Father (Matthew 10:32-33). Jesus pointed out that the Pharisees had no problem with their own group casting out demons. What is the meaning of the parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price? 1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. How do we fill our heart (the seat of thought and will, that which represents the character of a person) with good things so that good will come out? But Jesus will not break off or snuff out even the least of those who come to Him. 12. Jesus wasn't trying to prove His diety, but in light of that diety, He had the right to do on the Sabbath what He saw fit to do. But an evil and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign. What is the meaning of the Parable of the Vineyard? What is the meaning of the Parable of the Sheep and Goats? In Matthew 12:37, the significance of words is that they will be used to gauge a person’s spiritual condition in the judgment: “For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.” Jesus was speaking to a group of Pharisees who had just accused Jesus of being demon-possessed (verse 24). The Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus. 12. Hard teaching to be sure. What did Jesus mean when He instructed us to love our enemies? The Son of Man (Jesus) What does the field represent? How did the Pharisees view healing? What is the meaning of the Parable of the Leaven? Why did Jesus warn against saying the word. Matthew 12 . 2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Answer: The phrase “the Lord of the Sabbath” is found in Matthew 12:8, Mark 2:28, and Luke 6:5. What does it mean that the rain falls on the just and the unjust? How did the Priests desecrate the Sabbath? What does it mean to judge not lest you be judged (Matthew 7:1)? If a person knows the Father and faithfully serves Him and His Son, no sign is needed. What does it mean that a house divided cannot stand? Why did Jesus say that He was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel (Matthew 15:24)? 1:18-25; 2:1-12, 13-18, 19-23; 3:1-12, 13-17, 4:1-11, 12-17, 18-22, 23-25 Discuss these events with some young people. Even to walk on the grass on the Sabbath was forbidden because it was a species of threshing. 12 At that particular time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. 24. Is a sign necessary? It's not enough to just be morally reformed and not saved - more evil spirits will come back and it will be worse for that person. This is a very popular saying that Jesus put in the positive but most other religions and philosophers use this saying in the negative. Jesus did have compassion on those who were ill but His primary work was to save souls, not bodies. Why are Jesus’ genealogies in Matthew and Luke so different? James 3:2. What is the meaning of the Parable of the Talents? The word is more properly translated as a winnowing-fork than a winnowing-fan. What was the reason behind Peter’s denial of Jesus? 44. 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