Matthew 12:18 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁸ [Isa. 13:1ff] “Look, see my [i.e., God’s] servant whom I have chosen; my dear One [i.e., Jesus] with whom my soul is very pleased: I will put my Holy Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim judgment to the [unconverted] Gentiles.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; My beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, And he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Behold, My Servant Whom I have chosen, My Beloved in and with Whom My soul is well pleased and has found its delight. I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He shall proclaim and show forth justice to the nations.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Look, my Servant whom I chose, the one I love, in whom I find great pleasure. I’ll put my Spirit upon him, and he’ll announce judgment to the Gentiles.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. I will place my Spirit over him, and he shall announce judgment to the nations.

Matthew 12:18 Cross References

Luke 4:18

“The Holy Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He anointed me [i.e., specially chose me] to preach good news to poor people. He has sent me to proclaim freedom to those who are captives [i.e., to sin]; recovery of sight to the [spiritually as well as physically] blind; to set free those who are oppressed [i.e., by Satan] and

Acts 10:38

This message was about Jesus from Nazareth and how God specially chose Him [and signified it] by giving Him the Holy Spirit and power. He traveled all over doing good [for people] and healing everyone who was [being] oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

John 3:34

For the One whom God has sent [i.e., Jesus] speaks the words of God, for He [i.e., God] does not give the Holy Spirit in a limited quantity [i.e., to Jesus. See next verse].

1 Peter 2:4

You should come to Him, who is a living stone, rejected by people, but chosen as precious in God’s sight.

2 Peter 1:17

For Jesus had received honor and glory from God, the Father, when [God’s] voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory saying, “This is my dearly loved Son, and I am very pleased with Him.”

Colossians 1:13

He rescued us from the domain of [spiritual] darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son whom He loves,

Colossians 1:1

[This letter is from] Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, and [from] our brother Timothy,

Ephesians 1:6

so that we would praise His glorious, unearned favor, which was freely given to us through the One whom God loved [i.e., Christ].

Acts 14:27

And when they arrived [in Antioch of Syria], they gathered the church together and reported everything that God had done through them and how He had opened a door [of opportunity] for the [unconverted] Gentiles to [enter] the faith.

Acts 11:18

So, when the apostles and the brothers from Judea heard these things, they stopped arguing [See verse 2] and gave honor to God, saying, “[This means] that God has permitted the Gentiles also [as well as the Jews] to repent [i.e., change their hearts and lives] so they, too, could have [the promise of never ending] life.”

Luke 23:35

People stood [around] watching [all this], while the leaders even sneered at Him, saying, “He saved other people; [now] let him save himself [i.e., from dying] if he [really] is the Christ, God’s specially chosen one.”

Luke 9:35

Then a voice spoke out of the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, [whom] I have chosen; listen to Him.”

Luke 3:22

and the Holy Spirit came down on Him in a physical form, as a dove, and a voice spoke out of heaven [saying], “You are my dearly loved Son. I am very pleased with you.”

Mark 9:7

[Just then] a cloud engulfed them and a voice spoke out of the cloud saying, “This is my dearly loved Son, listen to Him.”

Mark 1:11

And a voice called out from heaven, saying, “You are my dearly loved Son. I am very pleased with you.”

Matthew 17:5

While he was still talking, suddenly a bright cloud engulfed them. Just then, a voice spoke out of the cloud, saying, “This is my dearly loved Son, who is very pleasing to me; listen to Him.”

Matthew 12:17

so what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled when he said,