Matthew 12:22

²⁰ A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.

²¹ In His name the nations will put their hope.”

Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.

²³ The crowds were astounded and asked, “Could this be the Son of David?”

²⁴ But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him; and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.
ASV: Then was brought unto him one possessed with a demon, blind and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the dumb man spake and saw.
DARBY: Then was brought to him one possessed by a demon, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so that the dumb [man] spake and saw.
BLB: Then was brought to Him one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, and He healed him, in order for the mute [man] to speak and to see.

ÅB: Deretter førte de en besatt til ham, som var blind og stum. Og han helbredet ham slik at han både kunne snakke og se.
OTB: Da ble en demonbesatt mann som var blind og stum brakt til Jesus, og Han helbredet ham, slik at mannen både kunne tale og se.
B1930: Derefter førte de til ham en besatt som var blind og stum; og han helbredet ham, så at den stumme talte og så.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Luke 11:14–15
One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,
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Mark 7:35–37
Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.
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Isaiah 29:18
On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
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Isaiah 35:5–6
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
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Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
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Mark 3:11
And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”
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Matthew 4:24
News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them.
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Matthew 9:32–34
As they were leaving, a demon-possessed man who was mute was brought to Jesus.
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