Matthew 12:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

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  • Isa 42:1-4 : 1 See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations. 2 He will make no cry, his voice will not be loud: his words will not come to men's ears in the streets. 3 He will not let a crushed stem be quite broken, and he will not let a feebly burning light be put out: he will go on sending out the true word to the peoples. 4 His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.
  • Isa 42:9 : 9 See, the things said before have come about, and now I give word of new things: before they come I give you news of them.
  • Isa 44:26 : 26 Who makes the word of his servants certain, and gives effect to the purposes of his representatives; who says of Jerusalem, Her people will come back to her; and of the towns of Judah, I will give orders for their building, and will make her waste places fertile again:
  • Matt 8:17 : 17 So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true: He himself took our pains and our diseases.
  • Matt 13:35 : 35 That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.
  • Matt 21:4 : 4 Now this took place so that these words of the prophet might come true,
  • Luke 21:22 : 22 For these are the days of punishment, in which all the things in the Writings will be put into effect.
  • Luke 24:44 : 44 And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.
  • John 10:35 : 35 If he said they were gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Writings may not be broken),
  • John 12:38 : 38 So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?
  • John 19:28 : 28 After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water.
  • Acts 13:27 : 27 For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.
  • Isa 41:22-23 : 22 Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true. 23 Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.

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  • Matt 12:18-19
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    18See my servant, the man of my selection, my loved one in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him, and he will make my decision clear to the Gentiles.

    19His coming will not be with fighting or loud cries; and his voice will not be lifted up in the streets.

  • Matt 4:14
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    14So that the word of the prophet Isaiah might come true,

  • John 12:38-41
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    38So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?

    39For this reason they were unable to have belief, because Isaiah said again,

    40He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.

    41(Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.)

  • Matt 21:4
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    4Now this took place so that these words of the prophet might come true,

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    1See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations.

  • Matt 12:16
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    16Ordering them not to give people word of him:

  • Luke 4:17-18
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    17And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him and, opening the book, he came on the place where it is said,

    18The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

  • Matt 13:14
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    14And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • Matt 8:17
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    17So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true: He himself took our pains and our diseases.

  • Matt 1:22
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    22Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,

  • Matt 13:35
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    35That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.

  • Matt 15:7
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    7You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,

  • John 1:23
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    23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

  • Mark 1:2
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    2Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

  • John 13:18-19
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    18I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me.

    19From this time forward, I give you knowledge of things before they come about, so that when they come about you may have belief that I am he.

  • Matt 11:10
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    10This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

  • Matt 3:3
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    3For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

  • Luke 7:27
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    27This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

  • Luke 22:37
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    37For I say to you that these words will be put into effect in me, And he was numbered among the evil-doers: for what has been said in the Writings about me has an end.

  • Luke 18:31-32
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    31And he took with him the twelve and said to them, Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things which were said by the prophets will be done to the Son of man.

    32For he will be given up to the Gentiles, and will be made sport of and put to shame:

  • Luke 4:21
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    21Then he said to them, Today this word has come true in your hearing.

  • Matt 26:54
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    54But how then would the Writings come true, which say that so it has to be?

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    13See, my servant will do well in his undertakings, he will be honoured, and lifted up, and be very high.

    14As peoples were surprised at him, And his face was not beautiful, so as to be desired: his face was so changed by disease as to be unlike that of a man, and his form was no longer that of the sons of men.

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    12And he gave them special orders not to say who he was.

  • Mark 15:28
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  • Matt 17:12-13
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    12But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they had no knowledge of him, but did to him whatever they were pleased to do; the same will the Son of man undergo at their hands.

    13Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.

  • Matt 3:17
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    17And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

  • Luke 3:4
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    4As it says in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

  • John 18:32
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    32(That the word of Jesus might come true, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)

  • Acts 3:18
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    18But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way.

  • Matt 17:5
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    5While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

  • Mark 8:30
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    30And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.

  • Matt 17:22
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    22And while they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man will be given up into the hands of men;

  • Acts 10:37
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    37That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,

  • Luke 2:32
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    32A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.

  • Acts 8:32
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    32Now the place in the book where he was reading was this: He was taken, like a sheep, to be put to death; and as a lamb is quiet when its wool is being cut, so he made no sound:

  • Acts 28:26
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    26Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • Matt 16:20
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    20Then he gave orders to the disciples to give no man word that he was the Christ.

  • John 15:25
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    25This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.

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    45And he who sees me, sees him who sent me.

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    17And when Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples on one side, and said to them,