Mark 2:23–3:5

²³And it came to pass again, as the Lord walked through the corn fields on the sabbath, that his disciples began to go forward and to pluck the ears of corn.

²⁴And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

²⁵And he said to them: Have you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry himself and they that were with him?

²⁶How he went into the house of God, under Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which was not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave to them who were with him?

²⁷And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.

²⁸Therefore the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath also.

Chapter 3

And he entered again into the synagogue: and there was a man there who had a withered hand.

²And they watched him whether he would heal on the sabbath days, that they might accuse him.

³And he said to the man who had the withered hand: Stand up in the midst.

⁴And he saith to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to destroy? But they held their peace.

⁵And looking round about on them with anger, being grieved for the blindness of their hearts, he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored unto him.