\subsection{\Matthew 12}
\subsubsection{Lord of the Sabbath}
\VS{1} In that opportune-time\fnKairos{} \Iesous went through [a] corn-field on the Sabbath, and his disciples hungered, and began to be plucking the ears and eating. 
\VS{2} But the Pharisees having seen [this] said to him: Behold your disciples do that 
which is not allowed to be doing on the Sabbath. 
\VS{3} But he said to them: 
Do you not know what \David did, when he and those with him hungered? 
\VS{4} How he entered into the house of God and they ate the shew- bread, which was 
not allowed for him nor those with him to eat, but only for the priests 
alone? 
\VS{5} Or do you not know in the law that on the Sabbath the priests 
in the temple profane the Sabbath and are blameless? 
\VS{6} But I say to you 
that here [is] something\footnote{or ``someone"} greater than [the] temple. 
\VS{7} But if you knew what this is:
\begin{verse}
I desire mercy and not [a] sacrifice.\footnote{Hos.6:6}
\end{verse}
you would not have condemned the blameless. 
\VS{8} For the son of man is Lord of the Sabbath. 

\VS{9} And proceeding on from there he came into their synagogue. 
\VS{10} And behold [there was a] man having [a] shriveled hand. And they asked him saying: Is it allowed to heal on the Sabbath? in order that they may denounce him. 
\VS{11} But he said to them, What man among you, who will have one sheep, and if 
this [sheep] fall into [a] pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of [it] and raise [it] out? 
\VS{12} Therefore [a] man is worth much more than [a] sheep. Therefore it is 
allowed on the Sabbath to do good. 
\VS{13} Then he says to the man: Be 
stretching forth your hand. And he stretched it out, and it was restored 
healthy like the other. 
\VS{14} But when they came out the Pharisees took 
council against him how they may destroy him. 

\subsubsection{God's Special Servant}
\VS{15} But \Iesous having known 
[this] went out from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all, 
\VS{16} and he commanded them that they not make him known, 
\VS{17} in order that 
what was said by Isaiah the prophet be fulfilled when he says\footnote{Isa.42:1-4}:

\begin{verse}
\VS{18} Behold my son whom I chose \\
My agape-beloved who pleases my psyche-life\fnPsyche{}\\
I will place my spirit upon him \\
And he will report judgment to the nations, \\
\VS{19} He will not strive nor cry out \\
Nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. \\
\VS{20}[A] bruised reed he will not break \\
And [a] smoking cord he will not put out \\
Until judgment be cast out to victory \\
\VS{21} And the nations hope in his name.
\end{verse}

\subsubsection{\Iesous and Beelzebul}
\VS{22} Then there was brought to him [a] blind and mute demon-possessed. And 
he healed him, so that the mute [one is] speaking and seeing. 
\VS{23} And all the 
crowd was astonished and was saying: Is not this [one] the son of \David? 
\VS{24} But the Pharisees having heard [this] said: This [one] does not cast out demons except by \Beelzebub the ruler of demons. 
\VS{25} But knowing their thoughts he said 
to them: Every kingdom divided against itself becomes [a] wasteland, and every 
city or house divided against itself will not stand. 
\VS{26} And if \Satan 
casts out \Satan, he has divided against himself. How therefore will his 
kingdom stand? 
\VS{27} And if I cast out demons by \Beelzebub, by whom do 
your sons cast out demons? Because of this they will be your judges. 
\VS{28} But if I cast out demons by the spirit of God, then the Kingdom of God has 
overtaken you. 
\VS{29} Or how is anyone able to enter into the house of the 
strong man and carry off his goods unless the strong man first be bound? And 
then he will ravish his house. 
\VS{30} The [one] not being with me is against me, 
and the [one] not gathering with me scatters. 
\VS{31} Because of this I say to 
you, every sin and slander will be forgiven men, but the slander of the 
spirit will not be forgiven. 
\VS{32} And whoever should say [a] word against 
the son of man, it will be forgiven him. But whoever should say [a word] against the 
Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him neither in this age nor in the one 
to come. 

\subsubsection{Trees and their Fruit}
\VS{33} You will either make the tree good and its fruit good, or 
you will make the tree and its fruit rotten. 
\VS{34} Generation of vipers, 
how can you speak good, [You] being wicked\fnPoneros{}? For the mouth speaks out of the 
fullness of the heart. 
\VS{35} The good man out of his good treasure brings 
forth [the] good, and the wicked\fnPoneros{} man out of his wicked\fnPoneros{} treasure brings forth [the] wicked\fnPoneros{}. 
\VS{36} But I say to you that every idle word\fnRHMA{} that men will 
speak, they will require from him [a] word\fnLOGOS{} in the day of judgment. 
\VS{37} For by your words\fnLOGOS{} you will be justified, and by your words\fnLOGOS{} you will be 
condemned.

\subsubsection{The Sign of \Iona}
\VS{38} Then some of the scribes and Pharisees distinguished themselves to 
him saying: O teacher, we desire from you to see [a] sign. 
\VS{39} But answering them he said to them: [a] wicked\fnPoneros{} and adulterous generation 
seeks [a] sign, and [a] sign will not be given to [it] except the sign of \Iona the prophet. 
\VS{40} For just as \Iona was in the belly of the whale\footnote{or ``big fish," ``sea 
monster"} three days and three nights, thus will the son of man be in the 
heart of the land three days and three nights. 
\VS{41} The men of Ninevah 
will rise up in the judgment against this generation and will bring judgment 
against it, because they repented in the proclamation of \Iona, and behold 
here [is] [one] greater than \Iona. 
\VS{42} [The] queen of [the] south will rise in the 
judgment against this generation and will bring judgment against it, because 
she came from the other side of the land to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and 
behold here [is] [one] greater than Solomon. 

\subsubsection{The Return of the Unclean Spirit}
\VS{43} But whenever the unclean spirit 
goes out from the man, it passes through dry regions seeking rest, and it 
does not find [it]. 
\VS{44} Then he says: I will return to my house from where I 
came, and having come he finds it vacated and swept and set in order. 
\VS{45} Then he goes and brings with him seven other spirits more wicked\fnPoneros{} 
than himself, and having entered in they set up house there. And the latter 
state of that man is worse than the first. Thus it will also be for this 
wicked\fnPoneros{} generation.

\subsubsection{\Iesous's True Family}
\VS{46} While he was speaking to the crowd, behold his mother and brothers 
had stood out seeking to speak to him. 
\VS{47} \footnote{Include vs. 47: DW\koine{} \vulgate{}; omit vs 47: \sinaiticus{}B} 
And someone said to him: Behold your mother 
and brothers have stood out seeking to speak to you. 
\VS{48} But answering 
he said to him saying to him: Who is my mother, and who are my brothers? 
\VS{49} And having stretched out his hand over his disciples he said: Behold 
my mother and my brothers. 
\VS{50} For whoever does the will of my father in the heavens, he himself is my brother and my sister and my mother.
