Matthew 12:1–14

At that time ^aJesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and ^bbegan to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. ²But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that ^cwhich is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. ³But he said unto them, Have ye not read ^dwhat David did, when he was an hungred, and ^ethey that were with him; ⁴How he entered into the house of God, and did eat ^fthe shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, ^gbut only for the priests? ⁵Or have ye not read ^hin the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? ⁶But I say unto you, That in this place is one ⁱgreater than the temple. ⁷But if ye had known ^kwhat this meaneth, ^lI will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. ⁸For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

⁹And when he was departed thence, ^mhe went into their synagogue: ¹⁰And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, ⁿIs it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. ¹¹And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? ^12oHow much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. ¹³Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

¹⁴Then the Pharisees went out, ^pand ^||held a council against him, how they might destroy him.