Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 12:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 12:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 12:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, Jesus is very gentle and kind. He helps those who are hurt or weak and takes care of them until everything is good again.

Matthew 12:20: A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

Contradiction with Matthew 10:34

This verse expresses that Jesus did not come to bring peace but a sword, which contrasts with the imagery of not breaking a bruised reed or quenching a smoking flax in Matthew 12:20, suggesting gentleness and peace.

Matthew 10:34: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

Contradiction with Revelation 19:15

This verse portrays Jesus with a sharp sword to smite nations, contradicting the gentle and non-damaging imagery of Matthew 12:20.

Revelation 19:15: And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

Contradiction with Luke 12:51

Jesus states he came to bring division, which opposes the comforting and tender approach described in Matthew 12:20.

Luke 12:51: Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

Contradiction with John 2:15

Jesus making a whip of cords and driving people out of the temple contrasts with the gentle imagery of Matthew 12:20.

John 2:15: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;

Contradiction with Matthew 21:12

Jesus overturning the tables of the money changers is contradictory to the non-violence implied in Matthew 12:20.

Matthew 21:12: And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

Contradiction with Hebrews 4:12

The verse describes the word of God as sharper than a two-edged sword, which contradicts the soft and healing nature presented in Matthew 12:20.

Hebrews 4:12: For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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