Mark 2:23–3:5

^23pAnd it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, ^qas they went, to pluck the ears of corn. ²⁴And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? ²⁵And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was a hungred, he, and they that were with him? ²⁶How he went into the house of God in the days of ^rAbiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? ²⁷And he said unto them, ^sThe sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: ²⁸therefore the Son of man is Lord ^talso of the sabbath.

III.And ^ahe entered again into ^aathe synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. ²And they ^bwatched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; ^bbthat they might accuse him. ³And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. ⁴And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. ⁵And when he had looked round about on them ^cwith anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.