Matthew 12:20
A crushed reed He will not utterly break, nor will He quench the still smouldering wick, until He has led on Justice to victory.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
19He will not wrangle or raise His voice, nor will His voice be heard in the broadways.
21And on His name shall the nations rest their hopes."
Cross References
Matthew 11:28"Come to me, all you toiling and burdened ones, and *I* will give you rest.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:15-22
The Malice of the Pharisees; Christ Withdraws Himself. 14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. 15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; 16 And charged them that they should not make him known: 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him,… Read the whole commentary →