Matthew 12:16

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But he sternly warned them not to make him known.

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  • Matt 8:4 : 4 Then Jesus said to him,“See that you do not speak to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
  • Matt 9:30 : 30 And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly warned them,“See that no one knows about this!”
  • Matt 17:9 : 9 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them,“Do not tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”
  • Mark 7:36 : 36 Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But as much as he ordered them not to do this, they proclaimed it all the more.
  • Luke 5:14-15 : 14 Then he ordered the man to tell no one, but commanded him,“Go and show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” 15 But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses.

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  • 12But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.

  • 30Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him.

  • 20Then he instructed his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.

  • 21But he forcefully commanded them not to tell this to anyone,

  • 36Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But as much as he ordered them not to do this, they proclaimed it all the more.

  • 30Second Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection They went out from there and passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know,

  • Matt 9:30-31
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    30And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly warned them,“See that no one knows about this!”

    31But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that entire region.

  • 9As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

  • 17This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

  • 15God’s Special Servant Now when Jesus learned of this, he went away from there. Great crowds followed him, and he healed them all.

  • 56Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.

  • 43He strictly ordered that no one should know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.

  • 9As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them,“Do not tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”

  • 36After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So they kept silent and told no one at that time anything of what they had seen.

  • 26Jesus sent him home, saying,“Do not even go into the village.”

  • 16(but their eyes were kept from recognizing him).

  • Luke 5:14-15
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    14Then he ordered the man to tell no one, but commanded him,“Go and show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

    15But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses.

  • Mark 1:43-45
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    43Immediately Jesus sent the man away with a very strong warning.

    44He told him,“See that you do not say anything to anyone, but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

    45But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.

  • 34So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

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    40“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.”

    41Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ’s glory, and spoke about him.

    42Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue.

  • Acts 4:17-18
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    17But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.”

    18And they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

  • 4Then Jesus said to him,“See that you do not speak to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

  • 24A Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith After Jesus left there, he went to the region of Tyre. When he went into a house, he did not want anyone to know, but he was not able to escape notice.

  • 12so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

  • 37He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

  • 57(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

  • 37The Outcome of Jesus’ Public Ministry Foretold Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him,

  • 42The next morning Jesus departed and went to a deserted place. Yet the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.

  • 45But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

  • 32But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.

  • John 5:12-13
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    12They asked him,“Who is the man who said to you,‘Pick up your mat and walk’?”

    13But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped out, since there was a crowd in that place.

  • 18Challenging Professed Followers Now when Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake.

  • 16(His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)

  • 12Now they wanted to arrest him(but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

  • 34The Purpose of Parables Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

  • 14And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.

  • 15And Jesus ordered them,“Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!”

  • 7Crowds by the Sea Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. And from Judea,

  • 34But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.

  • 2Nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

  • 20(Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.)

  • 19But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him,“Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you.”