Luke 6:1–11

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

6^sOn 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.