14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted[a] against him in order that they could destroy him.

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15 Now Jesus, when he[b] learned of it,[c] withdrew from there, and many[d] followed him, and he healed them all. 16 And he warned them that they should not reveal his identity,[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:14 Literally “taking counsel”
  2. Matthew 12:15 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“learned”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Matthew 12:15 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Matthew 12:15 Some manuscripts have “many crowds”
  5. Matthew 12:16 Literally “make him known”