OrthJBC - Matthew - 12

12:1  At that time Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach went on Shabbos through the grainfields. And the talmidim of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach were hungry and began to pick the heads of wheat and to eat them.

12:2  But the Perushim, seeing this, said to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, "Hinei! Your talmidim are doing what is asur (forbidden) to do on Shabbos."

12:3  But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, "Have you not read what Dovid HaMelech did when he and those with him were hungry,

12:4  "how he entered into the Beit Hashem and ate the Lechem HaPanim (the Bread of the Presence), which was not mutar (permissible) for him to eat nor the ones with him, but only for the kohanim alone?

12:5  "Or have you not read in the Torah that on Shabbos the kohanim in the Beis Hamikdash commit Chillul HaYom HaShabbos (desecration of the Sabbath Day) and yet are blameless?

12:6  "But I say to you that something greater than the Beis Hamikdash is here.

12:7  "But if you had known what this means, CHESED CHAFATZTI V'LO ZEVACH ("I desire mercy and not sacrifice" HOSHEA 6:6), you would not have condemned the innocent.

12:8  "For the Ben HaAdam (Moshiach) is Adon HaShabbos."

12:9  And having gone from there, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach went into their shul.

12:10  And hinei! there was a man with a withered hand. And they questioned Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, asking "Is it mutar (permissible) to administer refu'ah (healing) on Shabbos?" They did this in order to bring accusation against him.

12:11  But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, "What man will there be among you, who owns a kevesh (sheep), and if it falls into a pit on Shabbos, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

12:12  Therefore, how much more valuable is a man than a sheep. For this reason, it is mutar (permissible) on Shabbos to do good."

12:13  Then Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And the man stretched out his hand, and it was restored to health as the other hand.

12:14  But the Perushim went out and took counsel against Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach so that they might destroy him. REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH THE CHOSEN EVED HASHEM

12:15  But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, knowing this, departed from there. And many multitudes followed Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, and he administered refu'ah to them all.

12:16  And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach warned them that they should not make him manifest.

12:17  This was to fulfill what was spoken through Yeshayah HaNavi, saying,

12:18  HEN AVDI ETMACH BO, BECHIRI RATZTAH NAFSHI, NATATI RUCHI 'ALAV, MISHPAT LAGOYIM YOTZI ("Here is my Servant, whom I uphold, my Chosen One in whom my Soul delights, I will put my Spirit on him, he will bring Justice to the Nations," YESHAYAH 42:1)

12:19  LO YITZAK V'LO YISSAH V'LO YASHMI'A BACHUTZ KOLO ("He will not shout nor cry out nor raise the sound of his voice in the street.")

12:20  KANEH RATZUTZ LO YISHBOR UFISHTAH CHEHAH LO YECHABENAH LE-EMET YOTZI MISHPAT ("A bruised reed he will not break nor a smoldering wick will he snuff out") until Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach leads mishpat (justice) to victory.

12:21  And in his Name, HaGoyim will put their tikvah (hope) [YESHAYAH 42:2-3]. REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH BEN DOVID AND BA'AL-ZIBBUL

12:22  Then a man, blind and mute, who was possessed by shedim, was brought to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach administered refu'ah to him, so that the mute man was able to speak and to see.

12:23  And all the multitudes were amazed and they were saying, "Surely this is not the Ben Dovid (Moshiach), is he?" REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH ON LASHON HORAH AND ALSO ON CHILLUL HASHEM

12:24  But, having heard this, the Perushim said, "This one does not cast out shedim except by Ba'al-zibbul, the Sar HaShedim (the Prince of Demons)."

12:25  But knowing their thoughts, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, "Every malchut that is divided against itself is made desolate, and every ir (city) and bais (house) that is divided against itself will not stand.

12:26  And if Hasatan casts out Hasatan, he is divided against himself. How, therefore, will the Malchut Hasatan stand?

12:27  And if I by Ba'al-zibbul cast out the shedim, by whom do your banim (sons) cast them out? Therefore, they will be your shofetim (judges).

12:28  But if by the Ruach Hakodesh I [Moshiach] cast out the shedim, then upon you the Malchut Hashem has arrived.

12:29  Or how is someone able to enter the Bayit haGibbor (the house of the strong man) and confiscate his furnishings unless he binds the Gibbor (strong man) first. Then he will plunder the Bayit haGibbor.

12:30  The one not with me (Moshiach) is against me (anti-Moshiach). And the one not gathering with me scatters.

12:31  Therefore, I say to you, every chet (sin) and gidduf (blasphemy) will be forgiven men, but whoever commits Chillul Hashem (desecration of the Name) against the Ruach Hakodesh will not be forgiven.

12:32  And whoever speaks a word against the Ben HaAdam (Moshiach) will be granted selicha (forgiveness), but whoever speaks against the Ruach Hakodesh, selicha (forgiveness) will be granted him neither in the Olam Hazeh nor in the Olam Haba.

12:33  Either make the aitz (tree) tov (good) and its p'ri (fruit) will be tov, or make the aitz nishchat (corrupt) and its p'ri will be rah; for by its p'ri the aitz is known.

12:34  You yeladim of nechashim, how are you able to l'deber tovot (speak good things), for out of the abundance of the lev (heart) the mouth speaks.

12:35  The ish tov (good man) out of the good otsar (treasure) brings forth good; and the ish rah out of the evil otsar brings forth evil.

12:36  But I say to you, that for every careless lashon horah (evil speech) that men speak, they will be called to account on the Yom HaDin (the Day of Judgment).

12:37  For by your dvarim you will be pronounced tzodek (righteous), and by your dvarim you will be chiyev (pronounced guilty, condemned). REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH AND THE SIGN OF YONAH

12:38  Then some of the Sofrim and Perushim answered Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, saying, "Rabbi, we desire to see an ot (miraculous sign) from you."

12:39  But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach answered them, "Dor rah um'naef (an evil and adulterous generation) seeks for a miraculous ot (sign), but no ot will be given it except the ot of Yonah HaNavi.

12:40  For just as Yonah was in the belly of the fish SHLOSHAH YAMIM U'SHLOSHAH LAILAH (`three days and three nights,` YONAH 1:17), so will be Ben HaAdam (Moshiach) in the heart of the earth SHLOSHAH YAMIM U'SHLOSHAH LAILOT (three days and three nights).

12:41  The men of Nineveh will stand up at the Mishpat * with this generation and they will condemn it, for the men of Nineveh made teshuva at the preaching of Yonah, and, hinei, something much greater than Yonah is here.

12:42  The Queen of the South will be made to stand up alive at the Mishpat with this generation and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the chochmah of Shlomo and, hinei, something much greater than Solomon is here.

12:43  Now when the ruach hatameh (unclean spirit) goes out from the man, it goes through dry places seeking a manoach (resting place) and it does not find one.

12:44  Then it says, Into my haunt I will return from where I came out. And having come out, it finds the bais standing empty, having been swept and having been put beseder (in order).

12:45  Then it goes and takes along with itself seven other ruchot more evil than itself and, having entered the residence, it sets up house there and the last state of that man has become worse than the first. Thus it will be with this evil generation also."

12:46  While he was still speaking to the multitudes, hinei, Moshiach's Em and achim stood outside, seeking to speak with him.

12:47  And someone said to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, "Hinei! Your Em and your achim have stood outside seeking to speak with you."

12:48  And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said in reply to the one speaking with him, "Who is my em and who are my achim?"

12:49  And stretching out his hand upon his talmidim, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, "Hinei, my em and my achim.

12:50  For whoever does the ratson (will) of Avi sh'baShomayim (see Mt.6:10; 26:39), he is my ach and achot and em." *