Mark 2:27–3:6

²⁷And he said to them, ^z“The Sabbath was made for man, ^anot man for the Sabbath. ²⁸So ^bthe Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

A Man with a Withered Hand

3^cAgain ^dhe entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. ²And ^ethey watched Jesus,¹ to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. ³And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” ⁴And he said to them, ^f“Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. ⁵And he ^glooked around at them with anger, grieved at ^htheir hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” ⁱHe stretched it out, and his hand was restored. ^6jThe Pharisees went out and immediately ^jheld counsel with ^kthe Herodians against him, how to destroy him.