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Matthew 12:42 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here. "

Matthew 12:42

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40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

41 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.

42 The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.

43 “When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.

44 Then he says, ‘I will return into my house from which I came;’ and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

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Matthew 12:1

"At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat."

Matthew 12:2

"But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, “Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”"

Matthew 12:3

"But he said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:"

Matthew 12:4

"how he entered into God’s house and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?"

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"Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?"

Matthew 12:6

"But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here."

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