Matthew 12:17
Good News Translation
He did this so as to make come true what God had said through the prophet Isaiah:

New Revised Standard Version
This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

Contemporary English Version
So God's promise came true, just as Isaiah the prophet had said,

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying:

it.

Matthew 8:17 That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet Isaias, saying: He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.

Matthew 13:35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.

Matthew 21:4 Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:

Isaiah 41:22,23 Let them come, and tell us all things that are to come: tell us the former things what they were: and we will set our heart upon them and shall know the latter end of them, and tell us the things that are to come. . . .

Isaiah 42:9 The things that were first, behold they are come: and new things do I declare: before they spring forth, I will make you hear them.

Isaiah 44:26 That raise up the word of my servant and perform the counsel of my messengers, who say to Jerusalem: Thou shalt be inhabited: and to the cities of Juda: You shall be built, and I will raise up the wastes thereof.

Luke 21:22 For these are the days of vengeance, that all things may be fulfilled, that are written.

Luke 24:44 And he said to them: These are the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled which are written in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the psalms, concerning me.

John 10:35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God was spoken; and the scripture cannot be broken:

John 12:38 That the saying of Isaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said: Lord, who hath believed our hearing? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

John 19:28 Afterwards, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said: I thirst.

Acts 13:27 For they that inhabited Jerusalem and the rulers thereof, not knowing him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, judging him, have fulfilled them.

saying.

Isaiah 42:1-4 Behold my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. . . .

Context
God's Chosen Servant
16And he charged them that they should not make him known. 17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying: 18Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.…
Cross References
Matthew 12:16
And he charged them that they should not make him known.

Matthew 12:18
Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

Matthew 12:16
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