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Matthew 12:10

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.

KJV

καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνθρωπος χεῖρα ἔχων ξηράν· καὶ ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν λέγοντες· εἰ ἔξεστιν τοῖς σάββασιν θεραπεῦσαι; ἵνα κατηγορήσωσιν αὐτοῦ.

Greek NT

Et ecce homo manum habens aridam, et interrogabant eum, dicentes : Si licet sabbatis curare ? ut accusarent eum.

Vulgate

and behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? that they might accuse him.

ASV

And behold there was a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
θεραπεύω
therapeuo
verb · 43×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατηγορέω
kategoreo
verb · 23×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
ξηρός
xeros
adjective · 8×
σάββατον
sabbaton
noun · 68×
χείρ
cheir
noun · 175×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐπερωτάω
eperotao
verb · 56×
ἔξεστι
exesti
verb · 32×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ἄνθρωπος | WH/Treg/NIV: ἄνθρωπος | RP: + ἦν τὴν
  • ἄνθρωποςSBLGNT
  • ἄνθρωποςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἦν τὴνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: θεραπεύειν | WH/Treg/RP: θεραπεύειν | NIV: θεραπεῦσαι
  • θεραπεύεινSBLGNT
  • θεραπεύεινWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
  • θεραπεῦσαιReader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. What then did they? They go forth, it is said, and take counsel together to slay Him. For the Pharisees, says the Scripture, went out and held a council against Him, how they might destroy Him. They had received no injury, yet they went about to slay Him. So great an evil is envy. For not against strangers only, but even against our own, is it ever warring. And Mark says, th…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 13:4 — And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his han
  • Isa 32:6 — For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink
  • John 5:3 — In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
  • John 5:9 — And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
  • John 5:10 — The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
  • John 8:6 — This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
  • John 9:16 — Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
  • Luke 11:54 — Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
  • Luke 13:14 — And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore c
  • Luke 14:3 — And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
  • Luke 14:3 — And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
  • Luke 23:2 — And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
  • Mark 3:2 — And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
  • Mark 3:4 — And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
  • Matt 12:2 — 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.
  • Matt 12:2 — 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.
  • Matt 22:17 — Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
  • Zech 11:17 — Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.