12At that time Jesus passed through the grainfields on the Sabbath.^s His disciples^t were hungry and began to pick and eat some heads of grain. ²When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “See, your disciples are doing what is not lawful^u to do on the Sabbath.”

³He said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry: ⁴how he entered the house of God, and they ate^H the bread of the Presence—which is not lawful for him or for those with him to eat, but only for the priests?^v ⁵Or haven’t you read in the law that on Sabbath days the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath and are innocent?^w ⁶I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.^x ⁷If you had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice,^A^y you would not have condemned the innocent. ⁸For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”^z

THE MAN WITH THE SHRIVELED HAND

⁹Moving on from there, he entered their synagogue.^aa ¹⁰There he saw a man who had a shriveled hand, and in order to accuse him they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”^ab

¹¹He replied to them, “Who among you, if he had a sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn’t take hold of it and lift it out?^ac ¹²A person is worth far more than a sheep;^ad so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.”

¹³Then he told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored,^a as good as the other.

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Cross references

s Mk 2:23–28; Lk 6:1–5
t Mt 10:1; 26:56; Mk 3:7; 16:20; Lk 6:13; Jn 12:16
u Mt 12:10; Lk 13:14; 14:3; Jn 5:10; 7:23; 9:16
v Ex 25:30; Lv 24:5–9; 1Sm 21:6
w Nm 28:9–10; 1Ch 9:32; Jn 7:22–23
x 2Ch 6:18; Mal 3:1; Mt 12:41–42
A Hs 6:6
y Hs 6:6; Mc 6:8; Mt 9:13
z Mt 8:20; 9:6; 12:32,40
aa Mk 3:1–6; Lk 6:6–11
ab Mt 12:2; Lk 13:14; 14:3; Jn 9:16
ac Ex 23:4–5; Dt 22:4; Lk 14:5
ad Mt 6:26; 10:31
a 1Kg 13:4; Mt 8:3; Ac 28:8