Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

¹sOn a Sabbath,1 while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples tplucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. ²But some of the Pharisees said, u“Why are you doing vwhat is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?” ³And Jesus answered them, w“Have you not read xwhat David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: ⁴how he entered the house of God and took and ate ythe bread of the Presence, ywhich is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?” ⁵And he said to them, z“The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

A Man with a Withered Hand

⁶On another Sabbath, ahe entered the synagogue band was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. ⁷And the scribes and the Pharisees cwatched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, dso that they might find a reason to accuse him. ⁸But ehe knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there. ⁹And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, fis it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?” ¹⁰And gafter looking around at them all he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And hhe did so, and his hand was restored. ¹¹But they were filled with ifury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

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