Matthew 12:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ and he ordered them not to make him known.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ and charged them that they should not make him known:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And strictly charged them and sharply warned them not to make Him publicly known.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ and charged them that they should not make him known:

Common English Bible

¹⁶ But he ordered them not to spread the word about him,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And he instructed them, lest they make him known.

Matthew 12:16 Cross References

Matthew 17:9

As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, “Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”

Matthew 9:30

And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly ordered them, “See that no one knows of this.”

Matthew 8:4

Then Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

Mark 7:36

Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one, but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.

Matthew 12:17

This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

Mark 3:7

Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him;